Unit 1 Review The Solar System

Earth orbits _____________.

• the Sun

• the Moon

• the planet Saturn

• the planet Neptune

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The Moon orbits _________________.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

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The sun’s heat energy causes water on Earth to _________________.

• boil

• evaporate

• freeze

• become polluted

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The sun, together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it, is known as the _________________.

• Solar System

• Circle of Life

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Planet System

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What causes day and night on Earth?

• rotation

• revolution

• asteroid belt

• the stars

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What are the causes of our seasons?

• Earth's tilted axis and our rotation

• Our revolution around the moon

• The revolution of Earth around the sun and Earth's tilted axis

• Stars in our universe

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Why does the sun seem so much larger than other stars?

• it's the closest star to the earth

• it's the biggest star in the universe

• it's not a star

The Sun is a planet.

• true

• false

These are the four planets FARTHEST from the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

• the inner planets

• dwarf planets

• the outer planets

• solar planets

These are the 4 planets closest to the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars).

• the outer planets

• dwarf planets

• solar planets

• the inner planets