Quarterly Assessment 1 Review (Unit 1 & 2)

Which planets are mostly made of gas?

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Mr. G's

• No planets are made out of gas

Which planets are smaller?

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Mr. G's

• All planets are the same size

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Which planets have few to no moon and no rings?

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Mr. G's

• All planets are the same size

These space rocks are mostly found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter:

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

These space objects are made of rock and ice and have a tail:

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

A student ties a string around a weight and swings the weight in a circle around her body. What does the string represent?

• gravity

• Sun

• magnetism

• Earth

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As mass increases, gravity _________.

• increases

• decreases

• remains constant

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Telescopes can be used for all of the following EXCEPT:

• learn about stars and planets

• observe the moon's surface

• better understand Earth

• measure density of Earth's atmosphere

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Which space technology revolves around a space object to collect data?

• telescope

• satellite

• probe

Which statement best explains why there is life on Earth and not on the Moon?

• the moon has no gravity

• the moon does not revolve around the sun

• the moon is smaller than Earth

• the moon has little water and oxygen

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