Science b. Large and made up of mostly of gas.

Multiple Choice – Encircle the right answer. c. Large and made of gases and metals.
d. Solid and made up of rocks and metals.
1. Which of the ff statements describes the outer planets? 9. Which planet is known for the – Great Red Spot ?
a. Large and made of rocks. a. Saturn
b. Small and made up of ice and gas. b. Uranus
c. Large and made up of mostly gas. c. Jupiter
d. Solid and made up of rocks and metals. d. Mars
2. Which is the closest planet to the sun? 10. Ultraviolet, Infrared and visible light are examples of __________ being
a. Mars emitted by our Sun.
b. Venus a. Radiation
c. Earth b. Gravity
c. Gamma rays
d. Mercury
d. Chlorofluorocarbon
3. Which of the ff planets has the highest average surface temperature?
11. Light years are most helpful for scientists when they are measuring what?
a. Mars
a. The speed of light
b. Venus b. The life cycle of our sun
c. Earth c. The distances between objects in space
d. Mercury d. The speed of a planet’s orbit around the sun
4. Which of the ff are inner planets? 12. Determining a star’s mass identifies the star’s current what?
a. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars a. Position in the galaxy.
b. Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus b. Life cycle
c. Earth, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune c. Temperature
d. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune d. Gravitational pull
5. Which planet in the solar system has the characteristics that can support life? 13. Galaxies are classified according to their _______
a. Earth a. Size
b. Mars b. Shape
c. Mercury c. Temperature
d. Jupiter d. Planets
6. How are Earth and Venus similar to each other? 14. Our Milky Way is a ________ galaxy.
a. They are Jovian planets. a. Spiral
b. They have almost the same size. b. Irregular
c. They have almost the same temperature. c. Elliptical
d. They have the same distance from the Sun. d. Burst
7. What separates the inner planets from the outer planets? 15. The smallest planet and is also with the greatest density is _______.
a. Asteroid belt a. Mars
b. Kuiper belt b. Mercury
c. Oort Cloud c. Neptune
d. Comets d. Earth
8. Which of the ff statements describes the inner planets? 16. What is created when Hydrogen atoms are pulled together by gravity in a
a. Small and made of ice and gas. cloud of dust and gases?
 a. A black hole 24. A body that orbits a planet is a ________.
b. A planet a. Meteor
c. A star b. Satellite
d. A supernova c. Comet
17. Which of the ff terms is used to refer to a stage in the life cycle of a star? d. Asteroid
a. Frequency 25. Season changes are caused by Earth’s _______ around the sun.
b. Luminosity a. Orbit
c. Nebula b. Rotation
d. Magnitude c. Revolution
18. What invisible force holds the universe together? d. Tilt of axis
a. Push 26. Movement of Earth around the sun is called _______.
b. Gravity a. Rotation
c. Pull b. Orbit
d. Magnets c. Eclipse
19. Which galaxy is closest to our own Milky Way? d. Revolution
a. Andromeda 27. A _______ is burning body of matter that has entered Earth’s atmosphere, a
b. The universe Shooting Star.
c. Ceres a. Asteroid
d. Sun b. Comet
20. What is a galaxy? c. Meteor
a. To spin on an axis creating night and day d. Solar Flare
b. A huge group of stars that spins around a common canter of gravity 28. Which of the 8 planets have the most moons?
c. Small space rocks that enter our atmosphere a. Earth
d. Patterns of stars grouped together to form pictures. b. Saturn
21. Day and night is caused by the _______ of Earth on its axis. c. Jupiter
a. Orbit d. Uranus
b. Rotation 29. A ________ occurs when the Earth is directly between the Sun and Moon.
c. Revolution a. Solar Eclipse
d. Tide b. Waxing Gibbous
22. The spinning of an object on its axis is called ________. c. Waning Gibbous
a. Orbit d. Lunar Eclipse
b. Revolution 30. A celestial body that contains a main head of gas, dust, ice, and a tail is also
c. Rotation known as _______.
d. Tide a. Comet
23. A _________ eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the b. Meteoroid
Sun, blocking the sunlight from reaching Earth. The moon’s shadow when hits c. Meteor
Earth. d. Asteroid
a. Solar Eclipse
b. Lunar Eclipse
c. Vernal Equinox
d. Autumnal Equinox