Solar System Review

What causes the apparent brightness of a star?

• distance from Earth

• temperature

• distance from the sun

• inner core

What causes the actual brightness of a star?

• distance from Earth

• temperature

• distance from the sun

• inner core

Which star has the greatest apparent brightness?

• Canopus

• Vega

• Rigel

• Sirius

Which star has the least apparent brightness?

• Canopus

• Vega

• Rigel

• Sirius

Which star would appear to be largest when viewed from Earth?

• Canopus

• Vega

• Rigel

• Sirius

What determines the length of a year?

• How long it takes a moon to orbit a planet.

• How long it takes a planet to orbit the sun.

• How long it takes a planet to rotate on its axis.

• How long it take a planet to orbit its moon.

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What is the difference between the sun and the planets?

• The sun orbits the planets.

• The sun orbits faster than the planets.

• The sun is the center of the solar system and the planets orbit the sun.

• The sun and the planets are the same.

What planet has a rusty surface?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

Which planets do not have any moons?

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mercury and Mars

• Venus and Neptune

• Mercury and Venus

What are three characteristics of all inner planets?

• rocky surface, all have at least one moon, orbit the sun

• gaseous, orbit the sun, and have atmospheres

• rocky surface, orbit the sun, and all have atmospheres

• gaseous, at least one moon, and orbit the sun