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The Solar System — Test Answers

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Which tools are currently used to collect images during space exploration?

A
rovers and satellites
B
satellites and rockets
C
rockets and space shuttles
D
space shuttles and rovers
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Which planet is small, with a rocky surface and an atmosphere?

A
Jupiter
B
Neptune
C
Uranus
D
Venus
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What term describes the moon’s path around Earth?

A
eclipse
B
phase
C
revolution
D
rotation
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Why are there two high tides a day about 12 hours apart from each other?

E
Earth revolves around the Sun once during that time.
E
Earth rotates entirely on its axis once during that time.
T
The moon revolves around Earth once during that time.
T
The moon’s orbit is in line with Earth’s orbit twice a day.
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What occurs when Earth’s shadow covers the moon?

A
neap tide
B
spring tide
C
solar eclipse
D
lunar eclipse
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In which direction does Earth rotate?

A
eastward around its axis
B
in an ellipse around the Sun
C
counterclockwise around the Sun
D
from north to south around its axis
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Whose data did Kepler use to construct the laws of planetary motion?

A
Aristarchus’s
B
Aristotle’s
C
Brahe’s
D
Copernicus’s
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Gerard lives in a tropical region where the average annual temperature is 77°F and the average annual rainfall is more than 100 inches a year. He surveys 25 people in his neighborhood about items they regularly use and records the data into a table.

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A
umbrellas
B
insulated gloves
C
raincoats
D
rubber boots
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Which discovery did Galileo make to support the theory that the planets, including Earth, orbit the Sun?

A
Venus has phases.
B
The orbits of the planets are elliptical
C
Earth’s rotation causes the Sun to rise in the sky.
D
The planets move faster when they orbit closer to the Sun.
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Researchers aboard the International Space Station use the latest technology to advance our understanding of which concept?

A
soil and rocks
B
health and medicine
C
electromagnetic spectrum
D
radio waves in space
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Look at the graph below.

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A
line
B
bar
C
scatterplot
D
histogram
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View the spinner.

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A
blue
B
green
C
purple
D
yellow
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Which statement correctly describes terrestrial planets?

A
They are made of mostly rock.
B
They are made of gases.
C
They are small objects of ice and dust.
D
They are very large compared to other planets.
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Which data can be measured quantitatively?

A
speed of light
B
odor of gas
C
texture of a solid
D
color of a flame
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Why did scientists struggle for thousands of years to accurately describe the solar system?

A
Venus has phases like the moon.
B
Many people spoke Italian and did not understand Latin.
C
The planets appeared to move backward in the sky occasionally.
D
Scientists could not explain why the Sun appeared to rise and set every day.

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