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Chapter 4 Study Guide

1. What is in the center of the solar system? _the sun_____ (Lesson 1)

2. What orbit around the sun? __planets____ (Lesson 1)

3. How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth? ___28_____ days (Lesson 1)

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun? __365_____days (Lesson 1)

4. What tool helps scientists study space? ______telescope____ (Lesson 1)

5. What are the order of the planets, starting at the one closest to the sun? (Lesson 1)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

(Think: My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos)

6. Use your answer above. Circle the inner planets. Underline the outer planets. Highlight
the largest planet. (Lesson 1)

7. What is the most important part of the solar system for Earth? (Lesson 1) _the sun____

8. The inner planets are made out of _rock__, while the outer planets are made up

of ___gas___. (Lesson 1)

9. What do you call the large bodies of salt water? (Lesson 2) ___oceans______

10. Does more salt water or fresh water cover the earth? Circle the answer. (Lesson 2)

11. What do you call the land at the bottom of the ocean? (Lesson 2) ___ocean floor___

12. What is under the ocean at the edge of a continent? (Lesson 2) _continental shelf_____

13. What type of landform is the highest most of the time? (Lesson 2) _mountains____

14. Study the types of landforms. See vocabulary words; also, canyon, plains, and mountains
(from previous S.S. vocabulary)
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15. What is a valuable mineral called, such as a diamond or a ruby? (Lesson 3)

___gem______

16. What mineral property is identified by the color of powder left behind when it is rubbed

across a surface? (Lesson 3) __streak_______

17. When a minerals surface is scratched, __hardness____ is being tested. (Lesson 3)

18. Which rock forms when bits of rock, animal remains, or plant remains pile up in layers?

(Lesson 3) __sedimentary____

19. Name the properties used to identify minerals (Lesson 3)

__color___, ___streak_____, _hardness____, and __luster_____

20. What property described how light reflects off of a mineral? (Lesson 3) __luster____

21. Which rock forms when it is changed by heating or squeezing?

(Lesson 3) _metamorphic__

22. Circle the non-renewable resources: natural gas plants air oil water coal
(Lesson 4)

23. List 3 fossil fuels (Lesson 4). Natural gas, oil, and coal

24. List the 3 Rs (Lesson 4) _reduce____, __reuse___, and __recycle_____

25. Be prepared to compare and contrast any planet of your choice to Earth. You must list
one way in which they are alike and one way in which they are different. (You cant tell
me that they are alike because they are both planets, and you cant tell me that they are
spelled differently.)

Look on SeeSaw to see your (or your classmates) mini-project on planets for ideas to
help you study