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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT 5 SC CH 17 EXAM
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Question 1: What does the Earth rotate on?
Answer:
axis
Question 2: Shooting stars are actually _____?
Answer:
meteors Question 3: a piece of meteor that lands on earth and can leave craters as big as 200 meters deep and 1,200 meters wide
Answer:
meteorite Question 4: Are tides (high or low) when the Moon and the Sun form an almost 90 degree angle with Earth?
Answer:
low
Question 5: a planet with a thick layer of hot clouds covering a rocky surface
Answer:
Venus
Question 6: the least dense of all the planets
Answer:
Saturn
Question 7: One whole spin of an object on its axis is called ______?
Answer:
rotation Question 8: (five or several) comets a year may travel into the solar system and circle the sun.
Answer:
several
Question 9: Light from the Sun transfers energy to ______?
Answer:
earth
Question 10: the shapes of the lit side of the Moon that can be seen
Answer:
Moon phases
Question 11: What shape is the orbit of Earth around the sun?
Answer:
elliptical Question 12: Why do craters last for millions of years on the surface of the Moon?
Answer:
no oxygen, air or water
Question 13: Gravity causes Earth's land, water, and atmosphere to bulge slightly (toward or away from) the moon?
Answer:
toward
Question 14: Planets travel in orbits around the ______?
Answer:
sun
Question 15: the sun, its nine planets, moons, asteroids, and comets
Answer:
solar system
Question 16: small asteroid
Answer:
meteoroid Question 17: a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun is called _____?
Answer:
asteroid
Question 18: the smallest & coldest planet
Answer:
pluto Question 19: Planets closest to the sun travel the (fastest or slowest) in their orbits?
Answer:
fastest Question 20: Have some of the craters on the Moon been caused by crashed space vehicles?(yes or no)
Answer:
no
Question 21: The Moon is a quarter of the Earth's size. (true or false)
Answer:
true
Question 22: When one part of Earth faces toward the Sun, it is ______?
Answer:
daytime Question 23: Most asteroids orbit the Sun in a region between Mars and Jupiter called the (asteroid or meteorite) belt.
Answer:
asteroid
Question 24: a rocky planet covered by red, dusty soil
Answer:
Mars
Question 25: The Earth's tilt causes the earth to have ______?
Answer:
seasons
Question 26: Most meteors do what before they hit Earth's surface?
Answer:
burn up
Question 27: a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide
Answer:
asteroid Question 28: the blue-green gas giant with an axis tipped farther than any other planet
Answer:
Uranus
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