Unit 8 Test: Sun - Earth - Moon - Milky Way Galaxy Test

What is the definition of a planet?

• Jupiter

• A celestial body moving in orbit around a star.

• To move in a curved path around a star, planet or moon.

• I love lava lamp...

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What force holds our Solar System together?

• Electricity

• Gravity

• Density

• Speed

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objects made of rock and frozen gases; may have tails when it gets closer to the sun....

• comets

• meteors

• asteroids

• meteoroid

• meteorite

small rocky spheres when they enter our atmosphere...

• comets

• meteors

• asteroids

• meteoroid

• meteorite

Many of these are found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter...

• comets

• meteorites

• meteors

• asteroids

• meteoroid

small rocky spheres when they fall onto and strike the Earth...

• comets

• meteors

• asteroids

• meteoroid

• meteorite

Label the four Jovian planets, also known as gas giants or ice giants.

(list them in order - spelling will count)

Answer explanation

List them in order....

What characteristics do the four terrestrial planets share?

• rocky, have a surface, closer to Sun

• hot, all have water and atmosphere, small

• breathable nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere, have a surface

• all have had water in the past, all have signs of life

Mars is the ​ ______ planet from the Sun. It is often known as the ​______ planet because of its color.

• fourth, red

• furthest, red

• third, orange

• fifth, maroon

• sixth, tangerine

The Earth takes approximately ​365 days to revolve around the Sun one time. It takes ​ approximately 24 hours to rotate once on its axis.

• True

• False

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