I. Write The Letter of The Correct Answer
I. Write The Letter of The Correct Answer
I. Write The Letter of The Correct Answer
Third Summative
Fourth Grading Period
March 14, 2016
I. Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. What do we call the only stationary object in the solar system?
a. planets
b. asteroids
c. sun
d. satellites
2. What is the name of the only star found in the solar system?
a. Luna
b. deimos
c. Neptune
d. sun
3. Which of the following is not a benefit that we can get from the sun?
a. photosynthesis
b. heat
c. light
d. food
4. This planet is also called the sister planet of Earth.
a. Venus
b. Mercury
c. Jupiter
d. Neptune
5. What element in planet Venus makes it a bright planet?
a. oxygen
b. hydrogen
c. carbon dioxide
d. helium
6. What do we call the planets made up of rocky surface?
a. Jovian planets
b. hard planets
c. gas planets d. terrestrial planets
7. Which planet is the nearest to the sun?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Mercury
d. Venus
8. What is the direction of the rotation of the planet Venus?
a. clockwise
b. counterclockwise
c. retrograde
d. stationary
9. Why is the planet Venus the hottest planet in the solar system?
a. it has no atmosphere
c. it does not rotate in axis
b. it has slow revolution around the sun
d. it has a large amount of carbon dioxide
10. What element in our planets makes life possible?
a. hydrogen
b. oxygen
c. helium
d. carbon
11. How many natural satellites are in planet Earth?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
12. What substance in Mars makes it reddish in color?
a. carbon dioxide
b. hydrocarbon
c. sulfuric acid
d. iron oxide
13. What is the name of one of the satellites of planet Mars?
a. Phobos
b. Titiana
c. Titan
d. Miranda
14. Why is the planet Mars cooler than the planet Earth?
a. It has much helium.
c. It has hydrogen.
b. It is farther from the sun.
d. It has carbon dioxide.
15. What do we call the planet mostly made up of gas?
a. Jovian planets
b. hard planets
c. gas planets d. terrestrial planets
16. How would you describe the Great Red Spot?
a. it is a mountain
b. it is a storm
c. it is a great body of water
d. it is a forest
in the planet
17. What do we call the thick ice and dusts that form around the planet Saturn?
a. comet
b. satellites
c. rings
d. typhoon
18. This planet is also considered the second largest planet in the solar system.
a. Neptune
b. Mars
c. Saturn
d. Uranus
19. What do we call the great weather phenomenon that happens mostly at the atmosphere of Saturn?
a. apogee
b. gravity
c. spring tide d. tides
41. Which of the following does not affect the rise and fall of ocean level of the Earth?
a. moon
b. sun
c. artificial satellite
d. rotation of Earth
42. When one side of the Earth is at high tide, what happens to the other opposite side of the Earth during
spring tides?
a. low tide
b. high tide
c. normal water level
d. none of the above
43. Which of the following mostly affect the rise and fall of ocean level on Earth?
a. Gravity of the Sun
c. Gravity of Venus
b. gravity of Mars
d. Gravity of the Moon
44. What happens when two asteroids collide with each other?
a. It breaks apart.
c. It moves outside the asteroid
belt.
b. It travels into the different areas of the solar system.
D. All of the above.
45. What protects the Earth form hitting by the different rocks from the outer space?
a. moon
b. atmosphere
c. sun
d. both a and b