A:B: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune #1 - $100 Which of these answer choices name the eight planets in our solar system in order from the sun? C:D: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

D. $100

A:B: Moon = a marble Earth = a marble Moon = a marble Earth = an orange #2 - $200 If a student were to make a model of the Earth and the moon, which items might the student use for the model? C:D: Moon = an orange Earth = an orange Moon = an orange Earth = a marble

B: Moon = a marble Earth = an orange $200

A:B: the moon does not have any gravity. the gravity of the moon is weaker than the gravity of the Earth. #3 - $300 In the year 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball while on the surface of the moon. It became the longest golf shot in history. The reason he was able to hit his record golf shot was because _______________. C:D: the gravity of the moon is stronger than the gravity of the Earth. golf balls become weightless on the moon.

B: the gravity of the moon is weaker than the gravity of the Earth. $300

A:B: Solar winds cause magnetic storms. Solar flares are bursts of energy from the sun’s atmosphere. #4 - $500 Which of the following is evidence that the sun rotates? C:D: Sunspots move across the sun, disappear, and reappear on the other side. There is no evidence that the sun rotates.

C: Sunspots move across the sun, disappear, and reappear on the other side. $500

A:B: Plants use the sun to produce food energy. The sun can produce solar winds. #5 - $1,000 Which of the following is NOT an effect the sun has on life on Earth? C:D: The sun can produce sound waves. The sun can tan or burn the skin.

$1,000 C: The sun can produce sound waves.

A:B: solar eclipselunar eclipse #6 - $2,000 This is a picture is an example of a: C:D: lunar monthsolar month

$2,000 A: solar eclipse

A:B: The sun’s heatThe sun’s gravity #7 - $4,000 What causes the Earth and moon to revolve around the sun? C:D: The light from the sun The distance the Earth is from the sun

$4,000 B: The sun’s gravity

A:B: The sun is closer to the Earth than other stars. The sun is larger than most of the other stars. #8 - $8,000 Which of the following is a characteristic of the sun? C:D: The sun revolves around the eight planets. The sun is the largest planet in our solar system.

$8,000 A: The sun is closer to the Earth than other stars.

A:B: change from full to dark and back again once every other month. remain full one month and dark the next month. #9 - $16,000 A science student decided to observe and draw the appearance of the moon for three months. The student concluded that the moon appears to __________________. C:D: change from full to dark and back to full again once every 29 ½ days. change from full to dark and back again once every 365 days.

$16,000 C: change from full to dark and back to full again once every 29 ½ days.

A:B: the rock cycle.the water cycle. #10 - $32,000 Earth’s axis tilts at an angle of 23 ½ degrees. This tilt is responsible for _________. C:D: weather.the four seasons.

$32,000 D: the four seasons.

A:B: The moon blocking out the sun. The distance the Earth is from the sun. #11 - $64,000 The Earth has four seasons: summer, fall, winter, and spring. What causes the changes in the Earth’s seasons? C:D: The moon’s revolution around the Earth. The changes in the angle of the sun’s rays as they strike the surface of the Earth.

$64,000 D: The changes in the angle of the sun’s rays as they strike the surface of the Earth.

A:B: it takes one year for the Earth to rotate on its axis. it takes the moon one year to revolve around the Earth. #12 - $125,000 The same side of the moon always faces Earth because ______________. C:D: the moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it revolves around the Earth. the moon does not rotate on its axis.

$125,000 C: the moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it revolves around the Earth.

A:B: Earth, sun, moonmoon, sun, Earth #13 - $250,000 What is the order of the sun, moon, and Earth when there is a full moon? C:D: sun, Earth, moonSun, moon, Earth

$250,000 C: sun, Earth, moon

A:B: the galaxy.the solar system. #14 - $500,000 Everything that exists is called _____________. C:D: the Earth.the universe.

$500,000 D: the universe.

A:B: They rotate, they have craters and they are rocky. They rotate, they have an atmosphere, and they have water. #15 - $1,000,000 Which of these things do the Earth and moon have in common? C:D: They have no known life, no atmosphere, and no water. They have almost no weathering, they have craters, and they both revolve around another space object.

$1,000,000 A: They rotate, they have craters and they are rocky.

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