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Test Description: Solar System Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What determines the number hours of daylight and the intensity of sunlight at any given place on Earth?
A
how far east or west that place is from the Equator
B
how far east or west that place is from the Prime Meridian
C
how far north or south that place is from the Prime Meridian
D
How far north or south that place is from the Equator
2) How is Earth affected by the rotation of it axis?
A
Its rotation causes all parts of Earth to experience darkness.
B
Its rotation causes all parts of Earth to experience neither daylight nor darkness.
C
Its rotation causes all parts of Earth to experience periods of daylight and darkness
D
Its rotation causes all parts of Earth to experience daylight only.
3) How is Earth affected by its revolution around the Sun?
A
It experiences four seasons, characterized by differences in length of daylight and directness and intensity of sunlight
B
It experiences four seasons, characterized by differences in length of daylight only.
C
It experiences four seasons, characterized by differences in intensity of sunlight only
D
It experiences four seasons, characterized by the same length of daylight and directness and intensity of sunlight.
4) Why is Earth able to support life?
A
It formed in just the right place with just the wrong ingredients to flourish.
B
It formed in just the right place with the right ingredients for life to flourish.
C
It formed in just the wrong place with the just the wrong ingredients to flourish
D
It formed in just the wrong place with just the right ingredients to flourish
5) Which factors contribute to Earth’s ability to support life?
A
it has evaporated water, a breatheable atmosphere and a suitable amount of sunshine
B
it has frozen water, a breatheable atmosphere, and a suitable amount of sunshine
C
it has liquid water, a breatheable atmosphere, and barely any sunshine
D
it has liquid water, a breatheable atmosphere, and a suitable amount of sunshine
6) What structure was built so that scientists could study space continuously?
A
The International Space Station
B
Apollo 13
C
The Chandra X-ray Observatory
D
The Hubble telescope
7) How did the space program help advance Earth’s technological capabilities?
A
Many products developed for the space programs became modern conveniences for everyday housholds
B
Scientists discovered electricity in Outer Space and used it to power all homes throughout the world.
C
Scientists discovered the first satellite probes which had been floating in space for millions of years.
D
Many of the things that we discovered in space were transformed into modern conveniences for everyday households
8) Which technology was developed so scientists could learn more about the uniqueness of Earth and its place in our solar system and universe?
A
The International Space Station
B
The Chandra X-ray Observatory
C
The Hubble telescope
D
Apollo 13
9) Which technology did NASA develop to obtain X-ray images of exotic environments to help understand the structure and evolution of the universe?
A
The International Space Station
B
Apollo 13
C
The Chandra X-ray Observatory
D
The Hubble telescope
10) Why is the same side of the moon always viewed from Earth?
A
The Moon and the Earth stay in one position at all times because they never move.
B
The rotational period of the Moon is the same as its rotation around the Earth
C
The rotational period of the Moon is the same as its rotation around the Sun.
D
The Moon and Sun both revolve around the Earth simultaneously.
11) What effect does the Sun’s gravitational pull have on all the planets?
A
It causes the planets to revolve around the Moon with known frequencies ( length of time)
B
It causes the planets to revolve around the Sun with known frequencies ( length of time)
C
It causes the planets to revolve around the Earth with known frequencies ( length of time)
D
It allows the planets to move freely from one end of our galaxy to the other.
12) What are the largest objects in the solar system?
A
Comets
B
Asteroids
C
Moons
D
Planets
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