The Solar System Review (ES.3)

The Sun is made of...

• Water and Ice

• Hydrogen

• Magnesium

• Hydrogen and Helium

The Sun takes up 99.8% of the Solar System

• True

• False

Which of the following best describes the outer planets?

• They are large planets made up of thick layers of gases with many moons each.

• They are large planets with thick atmospheres and oceans of liquid water.

• They used to be closer to the Sun but spread further away over time.

• They are large rocky planets with no atmospheres and no moons.

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What is the third planet from the Sun?

Name the closest celestial body to the Earth.

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Earth comes directly between the Sun and Moon?

• Lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse

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Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse

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The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

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What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the waning crescent phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous phase.
• This is the waning gibbous phase.
• This is the new moon phase.

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What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the new moon phase.
• This is the waxing crescent moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning crescent moon phase.

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