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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 is in orbit above Earth's atmosphere.
B
It is on a mountaintop.
C
It is always in the same place.
D
it moves around Earth every 97 minutes.
2) What is a tool that makes distant objects appear larger?
A
outer planet
B
inner planet
C
magnify
D
telescope
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
radio
B
optical
5) What happens when you make an object appear larger?
A
space probe
B
planet
C
magnify
D
telescope
6) What is the nearest star to Earth?
A
Sun
B
Venus
C
Mars
D
Mercury
7) What is to move in a path around something?
A
planet
B
orbit
C
inner planets
D
moon
8) What is a small, rounded body in orbit around a planet?
A
star
B
moon
C
outer planet
D
inner planet
9) What is the Sun, planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun?
A
planet
B
inner planets
C
solar system
D
outer planets
10) Compared to Earth, the outer planets are
A
rainier and sunnier
B
smaller and rockier
C
smaller and warmer
D
larger and colder
11) What is a craft that travels into space with instruments, but not people?
A
telescope
B
space probe
12) Which planets are Earth's two closest neighbors?
A
Mars and Jupiter
B
Venus and Mars
C
Mars and Mercury
D
Venus and Mercury
13) What is a very large planet made up of mostly gases?
A
gas giant
B
moon
C
star
D
planet
14) Rings, gases, and many moons describes
A
Saturn only
B
Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune only
C
Jupiter only
D
all of the outer planets
15) The moon is a sphere of hot gases that give off heat and light.
A
True
B
False
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
Never look straight at the Sun.
B
Look straight at the Sun.
C
Use a telescope.
19) How is a star different than a planet?
A
A star is made of frozen gases.
B
A star is a ball of hot gases.
C
A star is made of dust and ice.
D
A star is solid and rocky.
20) How are stars and planets alike?
A
Both are made of ice and rocks.
B
Both are made of hot gases.
C
Both are similiar in size.
D
Both look like points of light in the night sky.
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