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Solar System Recap

Solar System Recap

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Social Studies

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3rd Grade

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1 Slide • 37 Questions

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Solar System

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Multiple Choice

Earth spinning on a fixed point is called _____

1

Rotation

2

Revolution

3

Seasons

3

Open Ended

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Name the planets that form the part of the Solar System in the correct order.

4

Multiple Choice

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This picture shows the path Earth takes as it moves around the sun. What is the path called?

1

a constellation

2

a moon

3

an orbit

4

a planet

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Multiple Choice

Where is the Asteroid Belt located in the Solar System?

1

near Neptune

2

between Mercury and Venus

3

between Mars and Jupiter

4

around the Sun

6

Multiple Choice

________________is a ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

1

Asteroid

2

Comet

3

Moon

4

Meteor

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Multiple Choice

How does the moon get its light?

1

it reflects the sun's light onto the earth

2

it creates its own light, similar to a star

3

it gathers light from earth during the day

4

the moon is actually a yellow color, so it appears to be bright during the nighttime

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Multiple Choice

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

1

gravity

2

speed

3

string

4

air currents

9

Multiple Choice

The 'shooting stars' are actually_______________________

1

meteors

2

asteroids

3

comets

4

stars

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Multiple Choice

A ____ is a huge system of gas, dust, stars, and objects orbiting stars that is held together by the force of gravity.

1

galaxy

2

comet

3

meteor

4

gas giant

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Multiple Choice

What planet spins on its side?
1
Jupiter
2
Uranus

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Multiple Choice

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What planet is this?

1

Saturn

2

Venus

3

Neptune

4

Earth

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Multiple Choice

Who was the first man to land and walk on the moon?
1
Yuri Gagarin
2
Neil Armstrong
3
Galileo

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Multiple Choice

Who was the first man to land and walk on the moon?
1
Yuri Gagarin
2
Neil Armstrong
3
Galileo

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Multiple Choice

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This is a _________ . It is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases.

1

Comet

2

Asteroid

3

Meteroid

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Multiple Choice

Who was the scientist that made the telescope?
1
Albert Einstein
2
Galileo
3
Neil Armstrong

17

Multiple Choice

What is in our Solar System?

1

Planets

2

Moons

3

Sun

4

All of the above

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Multiple Choice

Which of these sets of planets are terrestrial planets?

1

Mercury, Saturn, Mars, Venus

2

Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

3

Earth, Mars, Neptune, Jupiter

4

Venus, Mercury, Earth, Uranus

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is sometimes called the "red planet"?

1

Jupiter

2

Mercury

3

Mars

4

Uranus

20

Multiple Choice

Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?

1

Saturn

2

Neptune

3

Earth

4

Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

Which is the sixth planet from the sun?
1
Earth
2
Uranus
3
Saturn
4
Neptune

22

Multiple Choice

Which is the second closest planet to the sun?
1
Earth
2
Saturn
3
Venus
4
Mercury

23

Multiple Choice

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

1

Sun

2

Jupiter

3

Earth

4

Pluto

24

Multiple Choice

Which planet is now characterized as a dwarf planet?

1

Neptune

2

Pluto

3

Miss Best

4

Coca-cola

25

Multiple Choice

What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible?

1

Water

2

High gravity

3

Elliptical Orbit

4

Hydrogen

26

Multiple Choice

What is the only planet known to contain life?

1

Mars

2

Earth

3

Neptune

4

Uranus

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Multiple Choice

What is the big bang theory?
1
A movie
2
A planet
3
A theory of how Jupiter will crash into Saturn
4
A theory of how the Universe began

28

Multiple Choice

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
1
Outer Planets
2
Terrestrial Planets
3
Inner Planets
4
Oort Cloud

29

Multiple Choice

Which planet is the hottest?

1

Earth

2

Neptune

3

Mercury

4

Venus

30

Multiple Choice

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?

1

Jovian Planets

2

Awesome Sauce Planets

3

Gas Giants

4

Inner Planets

31

Multiple Choice

Earth's seasons are caused by the tilt of its axis and its revolution.

1

True

2

False

32

Multiple Choice

It takes the earth one year to make one what?
1
revolution
2
rotation
3
turn
4
flip 

33

Multiple Choice

What are the rings around planets made of? 
1
ice
2
rocks
3
dust
4
all of the answer 

34

Multiple Choice

The sun is a _______________.

1

planet

2

satallite

3

galaxy

4

star

35

Multiple Choice

When the southern hemisphere has winter, what season does the northern hemisphere have?
1
winter
2
spring
3
summer
4
fall

36

Multiple Select

Choose the inner solar system planets from the options below

1

Mercury

2

Jupiter

3

Venus

4

Saturn

5

Earth

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Multiple Choice

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The picture is of_____________

1

Asteroid

2

Comet

3

Meteorite

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Multiple Choice

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The imaginary line on which Earth spins is called________

1

Axis

2

Orbit

3

Equator

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