Solar System

Our Solar System

Our solar system is made up of the sun, the eight planets and all other bodies that move around the sun. These other bodies include meteors, comets, asteroids and many natural satellites called moons.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following below is an example of a Natural Satellite?

• Earth

• comets

• moon

• mete0rs

Our Solar System

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questions will be based on the video.

Read and continue answering the questions.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of a terrestrial planet?

• Earth

• jupiter

• venus

• mercury

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of a Jovian planet?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

Our Eight planets are:

A planet must do three things: it must orbit a star, it must be big enough to have enough gravity to force a spherical shape, and it must be big enough that its gravity cleared away any objects of a similar size near its orbit.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a planet?

• It must orbit a star

• it must have enough gravity to force a spherical shape

• it must be big enough to create a pathway

• it must have a moon

Multiple Choice

How many planets are there in the solar System?

• 8

• 9

• 7

• 11

The Sun

The sun is a star. It is the biggest body in the solar System. Every planet orbits the sun and depends on it for heat, light and other forms of energy. The sun is extremely hot, dry, penetrating shining and reddish yellow. All natural light on planet earth originates from the sun. Which is really the closest star to earth.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a fact about the sun?

• the sun gets its light from the moon

• the sun is the closest star to earth

• the moon gets its light from the sun

• all the planets depends on the sun for light and heat energy

Multiple Choice

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the only planet that sustains life?

• Venus

• Mars

• Earth

• Saturn

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

• has 2 moons

• has many craters on the surface ( dusty)

• fourth planet from the sun

• average temperature -23C

• Known as the red planet

Multiple Choice

Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

• mercury

• venus

• earth

• mars

Multiple Choice

Which planet is known as the red planet?

• mercury

• venus

• earth

• mars

Multiple Choice

What is the average temperature of the planet earth?

___________ $$\degree$$ c

• 350

• 30

• 460

• 20

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

​Now that you have learnt so much about the solar system, go to your Google classroom.

Complete each slide by inserting facts and picture based on the solar system.