Earth and Space Review

Which of the following are known as some of the gas giants?

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mars

• Neptune

• Mercury

Which of the following planets do not have ANY moons?

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Uranus

Jupiter has a large storm called the...

• Giant Blue Swirl

• tsunami

• El Nino

• Great Red Spot

Neil Armstrong was the first to...

• orbit the Earth

• step foot on the moon

• visit Mars

• live in the ISS

Skylab was the first this launched by the U.S

• space station

• satellite

• space shuttle

• dog in space

The Soviet Union was the first to...

• rockets

• space shuttle that successfully landed on the moon

• launch an artificial satellite-Sputnik 1

• extraterrestrial communication

• send a man into space

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• asteroid belt

• comets

• meteors

• satellites

Which planets are inner planets?

• Mars

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Venus

Which of the following is a unique characteristic of Venus?

• Rotates on it's side

• Has the most moons

• Rotates in the opposite direction (east to west)

• Has the largest volcano

When a meteoroid hits the Earth's surface it is called a...

• meteor

• meteorite

• still called a meteoroid