Review- Astronomy Pt. 1

What type of surface do inner planets have?

• Ice

• Gases

• Metals

• Rock

Earth moves in a nearly circular orbit as it revolves around the ______________.

• Moon

• Stars

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which best describes the movement of the Earth and Sun?

• The Earth goes around the Sun once a day.

• The Sun goes around the Earth once a year.

• The Sun goes around the Earth once a day.

• The Earth goes around the Sun once a year.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The __________ gravity is strong enough to create a solar system.

• Earth's

• Sun's

• planet's

• moon's

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The order of the planets are:

• Mars,Venus, Earth,

  Mercury, Saturn

  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Venus, Mars

  Jupiter, Neptune,

  Mercury, Saturn,

  Uranus

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

• Mercury, Venus, Earth

  Mars, Jupiter,

  Saturn, Uranus

  Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the instrument used for making distant objects appear larger and closer?

• Radar

• Telescope

• Space Probe

• Satellite

All inner planets...

• have a rocky surface

• are large

• have rings

• have a deep atmosphere

Outer planets are...

• farther from the Sun

• mostly made up of gas

• have no or few moons

• have rings

• made up of a rocky surface

What is the tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line?

• Space

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Inertia

Compared to the Sun, all other stars look like points of light in the night sky because the other stars _______.

• give off much less light than the Sun.

• are much smaller than the Sun.

• give off different colors than the Sun.

• are much farther away than the Sun.