Earth and Space Review

How is the Hubble Space Telescope different from other telescopes?

• It makes objects appear brighter.

• It is located in space.

• It collects radio waves.

• It can detect distant planets.

Which of the following is true about a planet?

• Planets are only made of rocks.

• Planets orbit a star.

• Planets are only made of gas.

• Planets produce their own light.

What season is it when the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the Sun?

• summer

• winter

• spring

• fall

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The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of...

• day and night

• constellations

• Earth's seasons

• the phases of the Moon

Students in Georgia are eating lunch during the school day. At the same time, students who live on the other side of Earth are in bed sleeping during the night. What explains this difference?

• The students eating lunch are tilted toward the Sun.

• The students sleeping are facing the Sun.

• The students eating lunch are facing the Sun.

• The students sleeping are tilted away from the Sun.

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Which technology tool would not be used to observe distant objects in the sky?

• satellite

• microscope

• space station

• telescope

The hottest planet is _______

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Uranus

solar system

• each of the four divisions of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours

• the shape of the lit part of the moon as seen from Earth

• the eight planets, the moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another

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Rotation

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• turning or spinning on an axis

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

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Revolution

• turning or spinning on an axis

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path