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Solar System 7.9TEKS
Test Description: Factors affecting the solar system
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why would life on Earth be unlikely to survive if the liquid iron core did not produce a magnetic field?
A
The Sun’s heat would not be attracted which would make the surface too cold.
B
Asteroids would not be repelled which would cause constant explosions on the surface.
C
Oxygen would not be attracted to the lower atmosphere which would not allow for respiration.
D
The radiation from the Sun would not be repelled which would make the surface too hot.
2) What is the scientific name for a “shooting star”?
A
stars
B
satellites
C
space junk
D
meteor
3) What force causes the planets to revolve in the solar system?
A
Celestial bodies
B
Earth's atmosphere
C
the Sun
D
Gravity
4) What is one major difference between the space shuttle and earlier spacecraft?
A
A space shuttle could be used for more than one space flight
B
A space shuttle could fly to other planets
C
A space shuttle could travel outside our solar system
D
A space shuttle could transport more than one astonaut
5) Firefighters wear jackets that resist fire. This fabric was originally designed for?
A
space shuttle insulation
B
space cargo
C
space shuttle seats
D
space suits
6) An engineer is designing a spacesuit to be used for a long spacewalk. Why does he place a layer made of a similar material to a bulletproof vest on the outside of the suit?
A
To protect from micrometeoroids
B
To control the temperature
C
To make the suit durable
D
To maintain a certain shape
7) An astronaut, who has just returned from six months on the space station, has to be helped from the spacecraft once back on Earth. What is one reason the astronaut needs help?
A
The spacesuits are too heavy to be worn in Earth’s gravity.
B
Reentry had formed nitrogen bubbles in the astronaut’s blood.
C
Space food does not provide enough energy.
D
Living in zero gravity weakens muscles and bones.
8) A student’s younger sibling was watching a news story about the possibility of water on Mars. The sibling asked, “Why is finding water so important?” Why is it important?
A
Scientists like to make discoveries.
B
All planets have evidence of water.
C
Water is required for life to exist.
D
Only Earth has evidence of water.
9) The Earth’s location in the Solar System allows it to receive radiant energy necessary for –
A
revolution
B
photosynthesis
C
rotation
D
moon phases.
10) As distance from the Sun increases, the surface temperature of a planet tends to-
A
stay the same
B
increase
C
There is no relationship between temperature and distance from the Sun.
D
decrease
11) Mars cannot support life as we know it for which of the following reasons?
A
Mars is too close to the Sun.
B
There is not enough liquid water to support life.
C
The atmosphere contains too much oxygen.
D
Plants would be able to carry out photosynthesis but there are no animals to produce carbon dioxide.
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