Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. A day on Saturn takes about 10 Earth hours. Which fact would best explain this
short day?
A Saturn is less dense than
Earth.
B Saturn is much farther
from the Sun than Earth.
C Saturn rotates more
rapidly than Earth.
D Saturn’s orbit has greater
eccentricity than Earth’s.
2. Earth's rotation (turning on its axis) causes
A day and night
B Solar Eclipse
C. The season to
change.
D The moon to appear
 as different shapes.
3. Which of the following is true?
A.Earth rotates on its axis as it revolves around the sun.
B. The sun revolves around the earth while earth is rotating.
C. Earth rotates once a month as it revolves around the sun.
D.Earth completes one rotation in 365 days.

4. Which of the following causes rotation of the Earth?

I. Day and night
II. Wind Deflection
III. Climate changes
IV. Differences of time in different places.
A.I only C. I,II,III
B. I and II D. I,II IV
5. Which causes the deflection of the wind from the poles to the equator and vice
versa?
A.Rotation of the Earth
B. Revolution of the Earth
C. Tilting of Earth’s axis
D.Vertical rays of the sun
6. Which of the following rotate from east to west?
A.Earth
B. Mars
C. Venus
D.Saturn
7. Which of these rotates as fast as the Earth?
A.Mars
B. Venus
C. Mercury
D.Jupiter
 8. Which of the following inner planets rotates the fastest?
A.Mercury C. Earth
B. Venus D. Mars
9. Which of the following the outer planets rotates the slowest?
A.Jupiter C. Uranus
B. Saturn D. Neptune
10. Of the eight planets which planets rotates almost the same?
11. Which of these planets receives less heat from the sun?
a. Earth c. Neptune
b. Mars d. Saturn
12. Which of these describes the distance of the planets from the sun?
a. Similar
b. Different
c. Changing
d. Peculiar
13. Which of these planets receives less heat from the sun?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Neptune
d. Saturn
14. Which of these is about 1.5 billion kilometers away from the sun?
a. Saturn
b. Jupiter
c. Mars
d. Venus
15. Which is the most visible planet on earth with our naked eye?
a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Venus
d. Mercury