Stars and Planets unit quiz review

Which object will be pulled back down toward Earth after being dropped from the roof of a building?

• a brick

• a feather

• a bowling ball

• all of these objects

Gravity and magnetism are the same type of force.

• true

• false

If you were on the planet Flimflamfoozle and your jump was as high as the St. Louis Arch, would that mean this planet has MORE or LESS gravity than Earth?

• more

• less

If a person could jump as high as the St. Louis Arch on the planet Flimflamfoozle, this is because there is very little ___________ pulling that person back to the ground.

• magnetism

• potato power

• gravity

• pressure

The planet Katuazoa has 15 times more gravity than Earth. A human jump on this planet would be very...

• high

• low

Why does the sun appear so big and bright on Earth?

• It's the closest star to Earth.

• It's the largest star in the universe.

• It's an optical illusion. The sun is really the size of an apple.

• It's the furthest star from Earth.

The name of the closest star to Earth is the...

UY Scuti is one of the largest stars in the universe. It is 1,700 times larger than the sun. You would need a telescope to see it because it is so dim when viewed from Earth. What would most likely be the reason for that?

• UY Scuti is extremely close to Earth.

• UY Scuti is extremely far from Earth.

• UY Scuti gives off very weak light.

• UY Scuti is blocked by a planet.

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The sun would look like a tiny star in the night sky if viewed from the planet...

• Venus

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Mars

Mercury is almost three times smaller than Earth. That would mean that there is _________ gravity on Mercury compared to Earth.

• less

• more