Solar System Recap

Solar System

Multiple Choice

Earth spinning on a fixed point is called _____

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Seasons

Open Ended

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

Multiple Choice

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

• a constellation

• a moon

• an orbit

• a planet

Multiple Choice

Where is the Asteroid Belt located in the Solar System?

• near Neptune

• between Mercury and Venus

• between Mars and Jupiter

• around the Sun

Multiple Choice

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

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

Multiple Choice

How does the moon get its light?

• it reflects the sun's light onto the earth

• it creates its own light, similar to a star

• it gathers light from earth during the day

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

Multiple Choice

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity

• speed

• string

• air currents

Multiple Choice

The 'shooting stars' are actually_______________________

• meteors

• asteroids

• comets

• stars

Multiple Choice

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

• galaxy

• comet

• meteor

• gas giant

Multiple Choice

What planet spins on its side?

• Jupiter
• Uranus

Multiple Choice

What planet is this?

• Saturn

• Venus

• Neptune

• Earth

Multiple Choice

Who was the first man to land and walk on the moon?

• Yuri Gagarin
• Neil Armstrong
• Galileo

Multiple Choice

Who was the first man to land and walk on the moon?

• Yuri Gagarin
• Neil Armstrong
• Galileo

Multiple Choice

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

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteroid

Multiple Choice

Who was the scientist that made the telescope?

• Albert Einstein
• Galileo
• Neil Armstrong

Multiple Choice

What is in our Solar System?

• Planets

• Moons

• Sun

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of these sets of planets are terrestrial planets?

• Mercury, Saturn, Mars, Venus

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Earth, Mars, Neptune, Jupiter

• Venus, Mercury, Earth, Uranus

Multiple Choice

Which planet is sometimes called the "red planet"?

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Mars

• Uranus

Multiple Choice

Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Earth

• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

Which is the sixth planet from the sun?

• Earth
• Uranus
• Saturn
• Neptune

Multiple Choice

Which is the second closest planet to the sun?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Venus
• Mercury

Multiple Choice

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Pluto

Multiple Choice

Which planet is now characterized as a dwarf planet?

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Miss Best

• Coca-cola

Multiple Choice

What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible?

• Water

• High gravity

• Elliptical Orbit

• Hydrogen

Multiple Choice

What is the only planet known to contain life?

• Mars

• Earth

• Neptune

• Uranus

Multiple Choice

What is the big bang theory?

• A movie
• A planet
• A theory of how Jupiter will crash into Saturn
• A theory of how the Universe began

Multiple Choice

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

• Outer Planets
• Terrestrial Planets
• Inner Planets
• Oort Cloud

Multiple Choice

Which planet is the hottest?

• Earth

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Venus

Multiple Choice

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

• Jovian Planets

• Awesome Sauce Planets

• Gas Giants

• Inner Planets

Multiple Choice

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

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It takes the earth one year to make one what?

• revolution
• rotation
• turn
• flip 

Multiple Choice

What are the rings around planets made of? 

• ice
• rocks
• dust
• all of the answer 

Multiple Choice

The sun is a _______________.

• planet

• satallite

• galaxy

• star

Multiple Choice

When the southern hemisphere has winter, what season does the northern hemisphere have?

• winter
• spring
• summer
• fall

Multiple Select

Choose the inner solar system planets from the options below

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Saturn

• Earth

Multiple Choice

The picture is of_____________

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteorite

Multiple Choice

The imaginary line on which Earth spins is called________

• Axis

• Orbit

• Equator