Solar System Review Quiz

What is the definition of orbit?

• the spinning of the earth on its axis
• when the lit part of the moon increases
• all of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun
• the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on

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What is the center of our solar system?

• moon
• earth
• sun
• Jupiter

What describes the earth going around the sun?

• rotation
• revolution

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What causes day and night?

• rotation
• revolution

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What is energy created by the sun called?

• sun energy
• hot energy
• solar energy
• solar heat

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How does the moon get its light?

• it reflects the sun's light onto the earth
• it creates its own light, similar to a star
• it gathers light from earth during the day
• the moon is actually a yellow color, so it appears to be bright during the nighttime

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What are the 4 rocky planets in the Solar System?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
• Pluto, Mars, Jupiter, Earth

What is gravity?

• A force
• Energy
• A push
• All of them

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The seasons are caused by the ________ of the axis and the Earth's _____________ around the sun.

• tilt, revolution

• tilt, rotation

• curve, revolution

• curve, rotation

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What force keeps the moon around the earth and the Earth around the sun?

• galaxy

• nature

• gravity

• phases

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