Sci 8 Earth Science ILS Review

As mass increases, gravitational pull (decreases, increases).

• decreases

• increases

Larger planets have a (smaller, larger) gravitational pull.

• smaller

• larger

Small planets have a (smaller, larger) gravitational pull.

• smaller

• larger

As distance between a planet and its satellite increases, the gravitational pull (decreases, increases).

• decrease

• increase

What two factors affect gravitational pull between two objects?

• mass and density

• mass and distance

• distance and density

What is not a member of our solar system?

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

• Rigel

A ___ has a long tail of glowing gases that moves around the Sun.

• planet

• comet

• star

Which is not a star?

• Rigel

• Sun

• Mars

• Aldeberan

The sun appears larger than any other star in the sky because it is _______.

• furthest away

• closest

What causes the phases of the moon?

• moon's revolution

• earth's revolution