Science TCAP Prep

What is a STAR?

• A twinkle, like a diamond, in the night sky

• A ball of fire

• Glowing ball of hot gas that makes its own energy and light

• A large spherical object in space

What is an ATMOSPHERE?

• An envelope of gas surrounding an object in space

• The center of a planet

• A shape that you study in Geometry

• A book of maps

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What is a SUNSPOT?

• really bad sunburn

• dark area on the sun's surface that gives off less energy than the rest of the sun

• hottest part of the sun

• shadow of another object on the sun's surface

Which planet is the smallest?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

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Which is considered to be "Earth's Twin" because it is almost the same size?

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

All of the inner planets--

• have rings

• are rocky

• have deep atmospheres

• are large

What is the correct order of the planets from the sun? 

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. 

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 

Neptune and Uranus both get their blue color from--

• Methane

• Iron

• Storms

• Oxygen

All of the following planets have rings, EXCEPT--

• Saturn

• Venus

• Uranus

• Neptune

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons

• are small

• have a short orbit around the Sun

• are rocky