SOLAR SYSTEM

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Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

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The sun is in the ________________________ of our solar system.

• outside

• center

• circle

• moon

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In which group does Earth belong?

• constellations

• planets

• stars

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How many planets are there in our solar system?

• Eight

• Nine

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One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

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Is the Sun a planet?

• Yes

• No

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This picture shows a part of a constellation.  The dots in the picture form a pattern.  What do the dots represent?

• moons
• planets
• stars

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Which is the smallest planet?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

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

• 9

• 8

• 10

• 7

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Is Venus hotter than Mercury?

• Yes

• No

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How many planets are in the solar system?

• 6
• 7
• 8

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Which are the coldest planets?

• Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

• Mercury, Venus and Earth

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Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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Which is the biggest planet?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

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Which thing rotates like Earth?

• a boat that floats
• a wheel that spins
• a plane that lands

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Which is the farthest planet from the Sun?

• Neptune

• Uranus

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Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Saturn

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

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Which is the hottest planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

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How long does it take Earth to orbit the sun?

• one week
• one month
• one year

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We live on this planet.

• Earth

• Mars

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Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

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It's the red planet.

• Mars

• Uranus

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What causes sunrise and sunset?

• Earth orbits.
• Earth rotates.
• The sun moves around Earth.

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What are the rings of Saturn made of?

• Rocks and Dust

• Rock, Frozen gases, Ice crystals, and water

• Ice Crystals

• Stars

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How many times does the sun seem to rise in one week?

• 7
• 1
• 14

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Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars

• Pluto

• Venus

• Earth

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This picture shows the shadow of an umbrella at noon?  What will happen to the shadow in late afternoon?

• It will not change.
• It will become longer.
• It will become shorter.

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

• Earth

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Uranus

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Raul wants to show what causes night and day.  He uses a lamp in his model.  What does the lamp most likely model?

• Earth
• the moon
• the sun

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One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

• The inner planets all have water

• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets

• the outer planets are gas planets

• the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

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What is the sun?

• a moon
• a planet
• a star

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What planet do we live on?

• Sun

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

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You want to make a model of night and day.  What happens when you model?

• You put things into groups.
• You say what you think will happen.
• You use one thing to stand for something else.

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This planet is the same size as Earth and is the brightest of all planets.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mars

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This picture shows the path a satellite takes as it moves around the earth.  What is the path called?

• a constellation
• a moon
• an orbit

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What planet is closest to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Neptune

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How could you model Earth's orbit?

• turn a globe
• carry a globe around a flashlight
• move the globe closer to the flashlight

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What is the only planet in our Solar System that life can survive on?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

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The Earth rotates once in 24 hours?  What is another word for rotate?

• orbit
• skip
• spin

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What planet is the same size as earth?

• Pluto

• Mars

• Saturn

• Venus

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My very energetic mother just served us noodles.  What planet is second from the sun?

• Mars
• Uranus
• Venus

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The outer planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

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This table compares the sizes of two planets.  Which planet belongs in the table?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Neptune

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What is the largest planet in the solar system?

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Mars

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This graph shows how long a day is on some planets.  Which planet has a longer day than Earth?

• Mars
• Neptune
• Uranus

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What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity

• speed

• string

• air currents

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Which planet takes longer to orbit the sun?

• Earth
• Mercury
• Saturn

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What is the name of the storm on Jupiter?

• The Great Red Spot

• The Spot

• The Red

• The Storm

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What is a planet?

• a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
• a large ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light
• a large ball of rock that moves around the sun

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Which object has the most gravity?

• Earth
• moon
• Jupiter
• sun

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Think about how the sun appears to change in the sky throughout the day.  Which statement is not true?

• The sun appears to rise and set.
• The sun appears to move across the sky.
• The changes happen because Earth rotates.
• The sun orbits the Earth.

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

• Neptune

• Earth

• Saturn

• Mars

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What's the order of the outer planets

• Jupiter, Pluto Saturn, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Pluto, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter

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What planet rotates on a tilted axis and looks like it is laying on its side?

• Earth

• Mars

• Pluto

• Uranus

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What planet is eighth in the Solar System?

• Uranus
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Mars

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Earth is the _____ planet from the sun?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Last

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How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 30 days

• 365 days

• 100 days

• 40 days

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Which is the hottest planet?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Neptune

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Which planet is the largest in the solar system?

• Earth
• Venus
• Saturn
• Jupiter

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Which is the smallest planet?

• Neptune

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

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Which is the biggest planet?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Saturn

• Jupiter

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Which planet is made up of mostly liquid water?

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Earth

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Which is the farthest planet from the sun?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Neptune

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

• Earth

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Mars

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How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 30 days

• 365 days

• 100 days

• 40 days