Space VA SOL 4.5

Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?

• Uranus

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

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Which planet is the only planet in our solar system to spin on its side?

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Mars

• Venus

Pluto is no longer included on the list of planets in our solar system because of its small size and -

• blue color

• thin atmosphere

• irregular orbit

• distance from the sun

What does Earth's protective atmosphere help to block out?

• meteors and asteroids

• enormous atmospheric storms

• orbiting satellites

• damaging rays from the sun

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What causes the seasons on Earth?

• The rotation of the moon as it revolves around Earth.

• The Earth's axial tilt as it revolves around the sun.

• The rotation of the Earth as the moon revolves around it.

• The tilt of Earth as it rotates each day.

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How long does it take Earth to make one revolution around the sun?

• 28 1/2 days

• 365 1/4 days

• 24 hours

• 1 month

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All the planets in our solar system revolve around -

• Earth

• the sun

• the moon

• Mars

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Earth completes on rotation every -

• 48 hours

• month

• 24 hours

• year

Which is the largest planet in our solar system that has colored cloud patterns caused by enormous storms in its atmosphere?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Venus

• Neptune

The visible portion(part) of the moon that we see each night is caused by the -

• tidal ranges that are associated with full and new moons

• solar eclipses that stop sunlight from reaching Earth's surface

• reflection of sunlight off the moon's surface

• orientation of the sun in our solar system

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