solar system

1.Caleb’s class is studying the Earth-Sun-Moon system. He studies the diagram of Earth and the sun shown below. What is the entire northern hemisphere experiencing when Earth and Sun are in these positions?A.

• day

• B. winter

• C. night

• D. summer

What causes the seasons to change?

• The earth rotates on its axis
  
• The earth revolves around the sun
  
• The earth's axis is tilted
  
• Wind patterns on earth

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Why do we have different phases of the moon?

• Because the moon revolves around the earth
  
• Because the moon revolves around the sun
• Because the earth rotates
  
• Because the moon rotates

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Jupiter
• The Sun

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After a new moon, which phase of the moon appears next?

• Crescent moon
  
• New moon
• Gibbous moon
• Full moon

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 Which of the following planets are the gas giants, outer planets?

• Mercury , Venus, mars
• Jupiter, Saturn, uranus
  
• Mars, Jupiter, venus

3.The planets and their moons are in constant motion in the solar system. Each movement has an impact on the other bodies in the system. What occurs when the shadow of an astronomical body blocks our view of the Sun from Earth?

• A. night

• B. eclipse

• C. summer

• D. high tide

5.Hanna is at the beach and witnesses high tides and low tides. Which of the following causes tides?

• A. the pull of mountains close to beaches

• B. the pull of the ocean’s gravity

• C. the pull of the Moon’s gravity

• D. the pull of waves caused by storms

6.The Kuiper Belt is an area beyond Neptune where small objects made of mostly rock and ice are orbiting the Sun. Which of the following best explains why the objects in the Kuiper Belt orbit the Sun?

• A. The objects are held in place by Neptune’s magnetic force.

• B. The objects are held in place by the Sun’s gravity.

• C. The objects have too much mass to overcome Neptune’s pull.

• D. The objects have too much gravity to move on their own.

7.One of the important criteria in classifying an object as a planet is that the object is spherical. What makes an astronomical object become spherical?

• A. gravity

• B. electromagnetic force

• C. convection

• D. magnetic force