Astronomy Quiz #2

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

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Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth

• Earth and moon orbit Sun

• Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

• Earth and sun orbit moon

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Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

Which planet is the hottest planet?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Venus
• Saturn

This table shows the rotation period and revolution period for 6 planets, and Earth’s moon, all relative to Earth’s periods. Which 2 planets have shorter days than Earth?

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Venus and Mercury

• Mars and Jupiter

• Saturn and Moon

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the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

• Aristarchus

• accretion

• nebula

• heliocentric system

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• waning

• waxing

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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• month

• year

• week

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