Solar System

Solar System

By Surbhi Sakshi

Multiple Choice

The sun is in the ________________________ of our solar system.

• outside

• circle

• center

• moon

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How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto)

• 9

• 10

• 8

• 7

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Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mars

• Earth

Multiple Choice

Which planet is the only planet to spin on its side?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

Multiple Choice

What planet do we live on?

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Saturn

Multiple Choice

What planet is closest to the sun?

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

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What planet is the same size as earth?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mars

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What planet has thousands of beautiful, tiny rings made of chunks of ice and rock?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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Which is the hottest planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

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Which is the smallest planet?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Mars

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Which is the farthest planet from the sun?

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

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What planet is known as the red planet because of its red looking surface?

• Earth

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Mars

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Which of the following lists the correct order of the planets from the sun?

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

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

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto

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

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It is the coldest planet in the solar system.

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

This planet is also called as “The Windy Planet”.

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

There is one star in our solar system.

• True
• False

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What is the difference between the inner planets and the outer planets?

• The outer planets are smaller than the inner planets 
• The inner planets are smaller than the outer planets
• The outer planets have more rocks than the inner planets
• the inner planets are heavier than  the outer planets

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The gas giants are different from the terrestrial planets because they

• have smaller atmospheres
• are less dense
• have larger atmospheres
• are more colorful

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Which planet is the largest?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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What percentage of the mass of the entire solar system is due to the Sun?

• 27%

• 54%

• 77%

• 98%

Open Ended

Based on the photos what is the difference between the pictures of Jupiter and Saturn?

Open Ended

Based on the photos what is the difference between the pictures of Jupiter and Saturn?

Multiple Choice

Which telescope had the better photo?

• Earth Based

• Space Based

*Lightyear is the distance light takes to travel one year

Our solar system is roughly 1.5 lightyears across 100,000 AUs

Multiple Choice

Why do we use astronomical units?

• To mess with middle school students

• To confuse the masses

• To help manage the large distances in space

• To make astronomers feel special

Multiple Select

How does graphing the data help scientist understand the data? (Check all that apply)

• Visualizes it

• Easily see trends

• Spot the numbers

• Graphs points

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Why do we have to model our solar system?

• Fun activity to do

• The solar system is too large to be seen

• The solar system is too small to be seen

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For a model to be to scale means...

• Sizes are the same relative to one another

• Sizes are always larger

• Sizes are always smaller

• Sizes are random