Solar System Unit Review

What object provides Earth with

daylight?

• moon

• sun

• asteroid

• Mars

What do plants make from the

sun’s light energy?

• water

• pollution

• plastic

• food

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What is the sun?

• a star

• an asteroid

• a planet

• a comet

Stars look smaller than our sun

because:

• they are close

• they are tiny

• they are green

• they are far from Earth

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Orion and Ursa major are

examples of:

• comets

• constellations

• black holes

• planets

The path that one object takes as it revolves around another is called its...

• orbit

• rotation

• gravity

• vacation

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Bowl-shaped indents on the surface of a planet that are caused by the collision with another object are called...

• moons

• plates

• accidents

• craters

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A natural satellite that orbits a planet is called a...

• astronaut

• moon

• sun

• asteroid

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Which of these facts is NOT true about the sun?

• It is at the center of our solar system.

• It provides heat and light to the Earth.

• It orbits the Earth.

• It is a star.

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True or False: Earth is the only planet in our solar system that has life on it.

• True

• False