Outer Space Review

The four INNER PLANETS are... (CHOOSE ALL 4)

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

True or False: The inner planets have rocky surfaces and are the closest to the Sun.

• True

• False

Identify the 4 OUTER PLANETS (CHOOSE ALL 4)

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

True or False: Outer Planets are also called gas giants, and they have liquid layers and solid cores

• True

• False

The inner and outer planets are separated by...

• The Asteroid Belt

• Stars

• The Sun

• The Moon

What is true about both planets and asteroids?

• They are round

• They have an atmosphere

• They revolve around the sun

• They have cleared everything around them

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Seasonal changes are primarily due to what?

• the rotation of the Earth on its axis.

• the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth.

• the revolution of the moon around the Earth.

• the tilt of the Earth’s axis.

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What causes our day/night cycle on Earth?

• the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth

• the revolution of the moon around the Earth

• the rotation of the Earth on its axis

• the tilt of the Earth’s axis

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Tides are primarily due to what?

• the rotation of the Earth on its axis.

• the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth.

• the revolution of the moon around the Earth.

• the tilt of the Earth’s axis.

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Why can't we see a new moon?

• It's invisible

• It's hidden behind Venus

• It's in Earth's shadow

• The side of the moon that is dark faces the Earth. Sun is behind the moon

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