5th Six Weeks Test -- Astronomy -- part 1

Earth rotates on its axis about once every year.

• True

• False

Night and day on Earth are caused by Earth's revolution around the Sun.

• True

• False

A solar system includes a Star and all the planets, moon, and other objects that revolve around it.

• True

• False

The outer planets are small and rocky planets.

• True

• False

The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its _____.

• rotation

• ellipse

• revolution

• tilt

Day and night is caused by _____.

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• norbit

A vertical imaginary line located north and south that the Earth spins on is called the _____.

• equator

• axis

• tropic of cancer

• tropic of capricorn

The asteroid belt is located _____.

• between Earth and Mars

• between Venus and Earth

• between Mars and Jupiter

• between Saturn and Uranus

The tail of a comet always points _____.

• toward the Sun

• away from the Sun

• in any direction

• all of the above

The Sun uses _____ as a fuel source and converts it into _____.

• Helium, Hydrogen

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

• Hydrogen, Helium

• Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen