Solar System and Beyond Review

Using the picture below, which planet has the longest year?

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Earth

• Jupiter

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Why are the gas planets cold and dark?

• close to each other

• close to the sun

• far from each other

• far from the sun

What are the arrows pointing to in the image?

• outer planets

• moons

• inner planets

• asteroid belt

Brad is doing his homework by making a chart that shows the position of a constellation and the planet Mars for a month. Each week Mars moves its location, but the stars in the constellation stay the same. Why does Mars move differently?

• Mars orbits the constellation

• Earth orbits Mars

• Earth Orbits a Constellation

• Mars orbits the Sun

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Which best describes a planet?

• Produces its own light

• Ball of hot gases

• Orbits a star

• Forms a patter with other planets

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How are Earth and Mercury similar?

• Both inner planets

• Both made of rock

• Both take about the same amount of time to orbit the Sun

• Both a and b

What technological advancement is a probe with a reflector lens inside of it?

• Hubble Telescope

• Stereo Satellite

• Optical Telescope

• Radio Telescope

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How long will it take Earth to reach the opposite side of the Sun (where the arrow is located)?

• 24 hours

• one year

• 6 months

• 12 hours

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A telescope has a lens that can collect more light than the human eye. What is true about how telescopes change how humans view objects in the sky?

• Objects are fuzzier through a telescope.

• Objects may be seen in better detail through a telescope

• Objects are less bright through a telescope.

• Objects in the sky seem farther away through a telescope.

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1. Addison observes the night sky for several hours. She can tell the difference between stars and planets because...

• only stars appear as points of light

• she sees many more planets than stars

• planets form a pattern with the other planets

• planets appear to move among the constellations