Solar System

Reorder

Reorder the following in order of closest to sun to furthest

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a terrestrial planet?

• Earth

• Venus

• Saturn

• Mercury

Axis

Imaginary line planet spins around

Match

Match the following

• Period of Revolution

• Period of Rotation

• Axis

• 30 days

Time it takes to go around a star

Time it takes to spin on its axis

Imaginary line a planet spins around

Time it takes for the moon to orbit

• Time it takes to go around a star

• Time it takes to spin on its axis

• Imaginary line a planet spins around

• Time it takes for the moon to orbit

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an outer planet

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

What is a force that pulls on all objects?

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Density

• Mass

Multiple Choice

What is the tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion or objects at rest to stay at reast?

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Mass

• Density

Multiple Choice

Which is a dirty snowball?

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Multiple Choice

Which is a rocky object that is mostly found between Mars and Jupiter

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Match

Match the following

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Meteoroid

• Comet

• Asteroid

Object burning up in planet's atmosphere

Rocky object landed on planet's surface

Rocky object flying through space

Dirty snowball

Rocky object in space

• Object burning up in planet's atmosphere

• Rocky object landed on planet's surface

• Rocky object flying through space

• Dirty snowball

• Rocky object in space

Multiple Choice

When Earth spins, it turns around an imaginary line called a(n)

• rotation

• axis

• orbit

• ellipse

Multiple Select

Anthony claims that the patterns of stars in the sky only appear to move, but the patterns do not change. Which piece(s) of evidence would best support this claim?

• observations that some stars can be seen in every season

• Observations that the pattern of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to shift across the sky nightly.

• Observations that different stars appear in different seasons, but the patterns of the stars remain the same.

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

Which planet is an inner planet?

• Uranus

• Venus

• Saturn

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

Which planet is the solar system's largest rocky planet?

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

Which choice best describes the parts of the Milky Way?

• Earth, its moon, the sun, and Jupiter

• Gas, dust, stars, and objects that orbit stars

• Asteroids, comets, objects that orbit stars, and the stars

• The inner planets, the outer planets, gas, and dust

Multiple Choice

Which list shows the correct order of planets from the sun?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Saturn

• Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn

Multiple Choice

Brianna and Mari want to develop a model of how Earth moves in space. In their model, Brianna will represent Earth and Mari will represent the sun. Which of the following should NOT be part of Brianna and Mari's model?

• Brianna walks in a circle around Mari.

• Brianna spins in circles.

• Mari stands still.

• Mari walks in a circle around Brianna.

Multiple Choice

Which is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust?

• an asteroid

• a comet

• a moon

• a planet

Multiple Choice

What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have in common?

• They all have rocky surfaces.

• They all appear to be similar to Earth.

• They all are gaseous planets.

• They all appear to be made of rock and ice.

Multiple Choice

Why does the sun seem to change position in the sky?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's orbit

• The sun's rotation

• The sun's orbit

Multiple Choice

Which list shows in correct order the fewest stars to the greatest number of stars?

• Our solar system, the universe, the Milky Way Galaxy

• The universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, our solar system

• Our solar system, the Milky Way Galaxy, the universe

• The Milky Way Galaxy, our solar system, the universe

Multiple Choice

What causes it to appear as if the sun rises and sets each day?

• Earth's gravity

• The spinning motion of Earth

• The revolution of the Earth around the sun

• Earth's distance from the sun

Multiple Choice

Chris is learning about Earth's movement in science class. He records some information in a chart about Earth's movement.

What information in Chris's chart is in the WRONG row of the table?

• Causes day and night

• Cause shadows to change

• Causes change in seasons

• Causes sunrise and sunset