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Grade 7 Planetary Motion
The model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun.
  1. geocentric
  2. equatorcentric
  3. heliocentric
  4. gaseouscentric
Grade 7 The Moon
Flat areas of the Moon's surface
  1. Maria
  2. Crater
  3. Highlands
  4. Umbra
  5. Penumbra
Grade 7 Planetary Motion
What is the model of the solar system in which the Sun and other planets revolve around Earth?
  1. geocentric
  2. equatorcentric
  3. heliocentric
  4. gaseouscentric
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Match the following terms with their respective definitions.
Meteor Asteroid Meteoroid Meteorite Comet
Also known as shooting stars because they burn up in the atmosphere
A space rock that lands on the surface of the each in which we could pick up
Also known as dirty snowballs, composed of gas, ice, rock and sometimes have a tail
A space rock that is smaller than a pebble and found in space
A space rock that is larger than a pebble and found in space.
Grade 7 The Moon
A solar eclipse can only occur during a which lunar phase?
  1. Waxing crescent
  2. New moon
  3. Waning gibbous
  4. First or third quarter
Grade 7 Space Exploration
Who observed the different phases of Venus?
  1. Galileo
  2. Aristarchus
  3. Ptolemy
  4. Copernicus
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is a meteorite?
  1. a bright streak of light that passes through Earth's atmosphere
  2. large clouds of gas and dust in space
  3. an object from which no light can escape
  4. a piece of a meteoroid that lands on Earth after passing through the atmosphere
Grade 7 Universe
There are three main types of galaxies.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 The Moon
Large round impressions on the Moon's surface caused by impacts
  1. Maria
  2. Crater
  3. Highlands
  4. Umbra
  5. Penumbra
Grade 7 Universe
Assuming the Andromeda galaxy rotates at a uniform rate, which stars are moving the fastest?
  1. Stars closest to center
  2. Stars farthest from the center
Grade 7 Universe
Who proved that galaxies exist?
  1. Edwin Hubble
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Tyro Brahe
  4. Charles Messier
Grade 7 Planetary Motion
The Moon orbits Earth at a slightly tilted angle compared to Earth's orbit around the Sun. This fact best accounts for which of the following?
  1. why there is a lunar eclipse every new moon
  2. why there is a solar eclipse every new moon
  3. why there is not a lunar eclipse every new moon
  4. why there is not a solar eclipse every new moon
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