Space Task Cards

Which of the following planets is closest to the Sun?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

The Sun is made up of ________

• solid rock

• hot gases

• lava

• metal

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The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of ______

• Venus and Earth

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Uranus and Neptune

The moon revolves around_________

• the Sun

• the Earth

• itself

• Mars

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The Earth takes _______ to revolve around the Sun.

• one year

• one day

• one month

• one hour

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The change of the moon from a full moon to a new moon is called ________.

• waxing

• waning

• an eclipse

• seasons

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The moon is __________ the size of the Earth.

• fours times

• half

• twice

• one fourth

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The moon’s gravitational pull causes ___________.

• sunlight

• Earth to orbit the Sun

• seasons on Earth

• tides on Earth

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__________ is the largest planet in our solar system.

• Earth

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Mercury

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During a new moon, ____________

• we can see part of the moon.

• we can see most of the moon.

• we cannot see the moon.

• the moon goes behind the Sun.

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