4th Grade Space Science Quiz Question Preview (ID: 55757)


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Which 2 planets have hot surface temperatures?
a) Earth and Mars
b) Jupiter and Saturn
c) Mercury and Venus
d) Uranus and Neptune

Which planet has a shorter orbital period than rotational period? In other words, the day is longer than the year.
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

Which planet is closest to the Sun?
a) Earth
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Mercury

Where does the Sun rise and where does it set?
a) rises in the north and sets in the south
b) rises in the west and sets in the east
c) rise in the east and sets in the west
d) rises in the south and sets in the north

Why do some places go through different seasons?
a) the spin of the Earth
b) the tilt of the Earth's axis
c) the moon causes seasons
d) the spin of the Sun

What is a light year?
a) the amount of time light travels from the Sun to another solar system
b) the distance between the sun and another solar system
c) the distance light travels in a year
d) the amount of time the Earth takes to orbit the Sun

What answer is closest to the length of a light year?
a) 365
b) 92,000,000
c) 5,000,000,000
d) 6,000,000,000,000

Which answer best defines a planet?
a) a ball of burning gas
b) a large body that does not give off light
c) an object that orbits a moon
d) an object that is a cube

Which answer defines what the universe is?
a) the whole solar system
b) all things that exist in space
c) a group of planets
d) the galaxy that includes the Sun

Order the following objects from largest to smallest. (star, solar system, planet, galaxy, universe, moon)
a) Galaxy, universe, star, solar system, planet, moon
b) Universe, galaxy, solar system, planet, moon, star
c) Galaxy, universe, solar system, planet, moon, star
d) Universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet, moon

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