Abeka grade 8 science quiz 30

What planet is suitable for life?

Earth

Which planet is known as the red planet?

Mars

What is the speediest planet?

Mercury

Which planet is closest to the sun?

Mercury

What is the largest mountain in the solar system?

Olympus Mons

What planet is the "evening star" and "morning star"

Venus

What is the phenomenon that occurs when the full moon passes through the earth's shadow?

lunar eclipse

What are the moon's dark patches called?

maria

What is it called when a planet rotates backward, from east to west?

retrograde rotation

What is any object that orbits another object?

satellite