The Solar System

The _____________ is defined as the sun and all of the objects which orbit around it.

• Milky Way galaxy

• solar eclipse

• solar system

• spiral arm

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Kepler asserted that the orbits of planets are shaped like ___________.

• ellipses

• circles

• apples

• spirals

• parabolas

The position in earth's orbit where the northern hemisphere experiences the most daylight is called the _________________.

• winter solstice

• summer solstice

• spring equinox

• fall equinox

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The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of which two adjacent planets?

• Earth and Mars

• Neptune and Pluto

• Mercury and Earth

• Mars and Jupiter

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Number 8 on the solar system represents which planet?

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Neptune

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During which moon phase do we see exactly half of the moon's face lighted by the sun?

• gibbous

• quarter

• full

• crescent

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Which of the images shows the moon's 1st Quarter phase?

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Which of the images shows the moon's waxing gibbous phase?

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Which of the following best describes the sun, earth, and moon positions when we see a full moon?

• The moon is on the opposite side of earth from the sun.

• The moon is on the same side of earth as the sun.

• The moon is at a right angle to the sun-earth line.

• The moon is near the sun in the sky.

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Pluto, a dwarf planet, is one of many objects in the _____________.

• Asteroid Belt

• Rings of Saturn

• Ursa Major (Big Dipper) constellation

• Kuiper Belt