Space Test Review

Which planets are closest together?

• Mars and Earth

• Saturn and Jupiter

• Mercury and Venus

• Uranus and Neptune

One Astronomical Unit (AU) is equal to the distance between the sun and the Earth. With that understanding what is the distance from the sun and Mars using AU?

• 0.5 AU

• 1.0 AU

• 1.5 AU

• 2.0 AU

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Which planet is closest to the sun?

Which statement is true about the solar system?

• The gas planets are closest to the sun

• The rocky planets are closer to the sun

• The planets are arranged in increasing size

• The solid planets are larger than the gas planets

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Which planet is less than one astronomical unit from the sun?

• Mars

• Neptune

• Earth

• Venus

The length of a year is equal to the amount of time that it takes a planet to...

• rotate on its axis one time

• revolve around the sun one time

• moon revolve around the planet

• the sun rotate on its axis

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Which of these includes Earth?

• the asteroid belt

• the outer planets

• the solar system

• the Eagle Nebula

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What defines a moon?

• it rotates on its axis

• it lacks liquid water

• it orbits a nearby planet

• reflects light from a star

Mars is an inner planet and Jupiter is an outer planet. What best describes their relationship?

• they are made of the same materials

• they orbit the sun in opposite directions

• they have the same orbital period of the sun

• they are located on opposite sides of the asteroid belt

A student learns that one year on Mercury is equal to 88 Earth days. Meaning it takes 88 days for Mercury to

• to travel in orbit around its moon

• to make one complete orbit around the sun

• to make one complete rotation

• switch orbits with the nearest planet

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