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Chapter 1 Solar System Test Review
Test Description: Solar System Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why does the Hubble telescope take clearer pictures than other optical telescopes?
A
it moves around Earth every 97 minutes.
B
It is always in the same place.
C
It is on a mountaintop.
D
It is in orbit above Earth's atmosphere.
2) What is a tool that makes distant objects appear larger?
A
telescope
B
outer planet
C
magnify
D
inner planet
3) What type of telescope collects light to magnify objects?
A
optical
B
radio
4) What type of telescope collects radio waves instead of light?
A
optical
B
radio
5) What happens when you make an object appear larger?
A
telescope
B
magnify
C
space probe
D
planet
6) What is the nearest star to Earth?
A
Venus
B
Mercury
C
Sun
D
Mars
7) What is to move in a path around something?
A
planet
B
moon
C
inner planets
D
orbit
8) What is a small, rounded body in orbit around a planet?
A
inner planet
B
outer planet
C
star
D
moon
9) What is the Sun, planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun?
A
inner planets
B
planet
C
solar system
D
outer planets
10) Compared to Earth, the outer planets are
A
rainier and sunnier
B
smaller and warmer
C
larger and colder
D
smaller and rockier
11) What is a craft that travels into space with instruments, but not people?
A
space probe
B
telescope
12) Which planets are Earth's two closest neighbors?
A
Mars and Jupiter
B
Mars and Mercury
C
Venus and Mars
D
Venus and Mercury
13) What is a very large planet made up of mostly gases?
A
planet
B
gas giant
C
moon
D
star
14) Rings, gases, and many moons describes
A
Jupiter only
B
Saturn only
C
all of the outer planets
D
Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune only
15) The moon is a sphere of hot gases that give off heat and light.
A
False
B
True
16) Earth is one of the outer planets.
A
False
B
True
17) Earth's orbit is a path around the Sun.
A
False
B
True
18) You want to observe the changing position of the Sun. Which safety rule should you follow?
A
Look straight at the Sun.
B
Use a telescope.
C
Never look straight at the Sun.
19) How is a star different than a planet?
A
A star is a ball of hot gases.
B
A star is solid and rocky.
C
A star is made of dust and ice.
D
A star is made of frozen gases.
20) How are stars and planets alike?
A
Both are made of ice and rocks.
B
Both are similiar in size.
C
Both look like points of light in the night sky.
D
Both are made of hot gases.
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