SOL Review - Our Solar System

The sun emits by converting hydrogen into helium. What is this process called?

• fusion

• fission

• sunspot formation

• solar wind

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The Sun takes up 99.8% of the Solar System

• True

• False

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The Sun is made of...

• Water and Ice

• Hydrogen and Oxygen

• Magnesium

• Hydrogen and Helium

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation

How old is our solar system?

• 4.6 billion years
• 13.8 billion years
• 6,000 years
• 15,000 years

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What solar system models places the Sun at the center? 

• Geocentric Model
• Heliocentric Model
• Ptolemy Model
• Artistotle Model

Why does Earth have seasons? 

• It's distance changes as it revolves
• Its distance changes as it rotates
• It distance and orbital speed
• The tilt and revolution 

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What causes the tides? 

• The moon only

• Mostly our moon, but the sun also

• Mostly the sun, but the moon also

• The sun only

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What moon phase do we have a lunar eclipse? 

• 1st Quarter 
• 3rd Quarter
• Full Moon 
• New Moon

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Place the inner planets in order from CLOSEST to the sun from FARTHEST.

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

• Earth

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