4th Grade Science: Solar System Quiz

What do we call the invisible line that runs through Earth from top to bottom?

• Model

• Axis

• Orbit

• Constellation

What is the name of Earth's spinning movement on its axis?

• Rotate

• Orbit

• Hemisphere

• Constellation

What is Earth's path as it travels around the Sun called?

• Axis

• Rotate

• Orbit

• Hemisphere

What is the movement called when Earth goes around the Sun once a year?

• Rotate

• Revolution

• Hemisphere

• Constellation

A group of stars forming a pattern in the sky is called:

• Axis

• Orbit

• Constellation

• Hemisphere

What word describes one of the two equal halves of the Earth?

• Hemisphere

• Orbit

• Axis

• Rotate

Name 3 phases of the moon?

• fuller moon

• new moon

• solar quarter

• first quarter

• full moon

Name 2 dwarf planets found in our solar system.

• Make-Make

• Venus

• Pluto

• Jupiter

Select the 3 types of calendars discussed in class.

• sonar calendar

• moonist calendar

• lunar calendar

• solar calendar

• mayan calendar

The biggest planet in our solar system.

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Venus

• Saturn