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Solar System Unit Test
Test Description: This test is a review of the solar system and based on VA SOL standard 6.8
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which is the correct order of the planets from the sun?
A
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
B
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
C
Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter
D
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
2) Planets are kept in orbit around the sun due to which force?
A
Friction
B
Gravity
C
Motion
D
Magnetism
3) Which of the following combine to keep the planets in orbit?
A
Seasons and phases of the moon
B
Gravity and inertia
C
Gravity and friction
D
Solar and lunar eclipses
4) Which structure separates planets, Jupiter and Mars?
A
Mars' moon
B
Kuiper belt
C
Asteroid belt
D
Saturn's rings
5) One month is the time it takes for-
A
Mercury to orbit the sun
B
Earth to complete its rotation on its own axis
C
Earth to complete its revolution around the sun
D
the moon to orbit Earth
6) Identify the characteristic that makes the Earth different from the other planets in the solar system
A
Moons
B
An atmosphere
C
A rocky core
D
Oceans
7) Rotation if the Earth is_____ and causes____.
A
the moon revolving around it; tides
B
Earth spinning on its own axis; day and night
C
Earth orbiting the sun; a year
D
tilt of the Earth on its own axis; seasons
8) Which of the following correctly describes the appearance of a full moon?
A
The entire face of the moon is shining
B
The moon is 3/4 of its way around the Earth
C
The moon is decreasing in light between full moon and a last quarter
D
A bit of the sunlit side of the moon shows on the right side
9) Which of the following moon phases is the 8th and final moon phase?
A
Waxing crescent
B
Waning crescent
C
New moon
D
Waning gibbous
10) Which term best describes when the lit part of the sun appears to grow?
A
Increasing
B
Waxing
C
Eclipsing
D
Waning
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