Sun, Moon, Planets Videos

The Solar System!

The Solar System

• The sun, the planets and their moons, and other objects that move around the sun make up THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The sun is the center of our solar system. All of the objects in the solar system orbit the sun.

  There are 8 planets with their moons in our solar system.

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What is the solar system made up of?

• Only stars

• The sun, planets, and constellations

• The sun, planets and their moons, and other objects that move around

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What is at the centre of the solar system?

• Mr. Swamy

• The Sun

• The Earth

• The Moon

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All objects in our Solar System orbit the Sun

• True

• False

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How many planets are there in the solar system?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

Order of the Planets

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• There are 4 inner planets, and 4 outer planets

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What is the third planet of the Solar System?

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Saturn

Inner Planets

• The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• These planets are rocky (meaning if you landed, you could stand on the surface - although you may not survive long)

• These planets also have very few moons: Mercury and Venus has 0, Earth has 1, Mars has 2

• These planets are much smaller than the outer planets

Outer Planets

• The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• These planets are gas planet (meaning if you landed, you could not stand on the surface)

• These planets have A LOT of moons: Jupiter has 53, Saturn has 79, Uranus has 27, Neptune has 14

• These planets are much larger than the inner planets

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Which planet is not an inner planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Neptune

• Earth

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Which planet is the largest? Hint: Think inner vs outer planet.

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

• Saturn

Orbital Period

• Is how long it takes a planet to orbit (make one full circle) around the sun

• The further a planet is from the sun, the longer it will take to orbit.

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Say you are 60 years old on Earth. If it took Saturn 30 years to orbit the sun, what would your age on Saturn be?

• 2 years old

• 30 years old

• 60 years old

• 1800 years old

And remember...

You are tiny.

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What determines the length of a planet's year?

• the time it takes to rotate on its axis

• the time it takes to revolve around the

  Earth

• the time it takes to revolve around the sun

• the time it takes to rotate around the sun

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Which planet would most likely have a longer year - the one closer or farther from the sun?

• the closer to the sun, the longer the year

• the farther away, the longer the year

• neither, it depends on the rotation

• the distance from the sun would not matter

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Which model has greater gravitational attraction (if any)

• Model A

• Model B

• Both Model A and Model B (same gravity)

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As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• i don't know

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What two things determine the gravity of an object?

• mass & weight

• mass & distance

• density & mass

• volume & distance

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Why is Mercury not the hottest planet when it is the one closest to the sun??

• it has a large ozone layer

• it has no liquid water

• it has hardly any atmosphere to insulate it

• it has a very heavy atmosphere

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Which unit of measurement is used to measure distances within our solar system?

• inches

• kilometers

• miles

• Astronomical units

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The distance light can travel in one year is ______________

• 15,000 kilometers

• 1 light-year

• 15 Astronomical Units

• 6,000 miles

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The chart below displays the names of different stars and their colors. Which of the groups below best orders the stars from hottest to coolest?

• A. Antares, Spica, Sun, Aldebaran

• B. Sun, Spica, Antares, Aldebaran

• C. Spica, Sun, Aldebaran, Antares

• D. Antares, Aldebaran, Sun, Spica

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Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

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In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?

• Stars Get Larger
• Stars get Colder
• Stars get hotter

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Stars that are very bright, large & burn at the highest temperature

• Blue Giant stars

• Red Giant

• White dwarves

• Proton stars

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The types of planets are

• Rock, liquid and solid

• Gas, terrestrial and solid.

• Gas, terrestrial and dwarf.

• Gas, terrestrial and rock.

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Galaxies are:

• gropus of Asteroids

• Groups of planets

• Groups of stars, gas and dust.

• Group of satellites

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How many planets are there in the Solar System?

• eight
• three
• nine
• ten

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The Universe is a group of:

• Celest bodies, matter and energy that are in the space.

• Gas, dust and millions of stars

• A great ball of gas that proyects light.

• The MIlky way

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Who is Neil Amstron?

• It was the first man on the Moon
• First man on Mars
• First man on Earth
• The man who invented telescope

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What is the Sun?

• It is a satellite
• It is a Star
• It is a comet
• It is a planet

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What is the Moon?

• It is a planet

• It is a satellite

• It is a star

• It is a comet

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Put the planets in order from the sun.

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

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Which planet is the largest?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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What celestial body is made of ice and cosmic dust?

• Meteor
• Meteoroid
• Asteroid
• Comet

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Which planet is the hottest planet because of its clouds?

• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Pluto

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Which planet has very prominent rings?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

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Which planet has a giant red spot?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

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One factor that makes life possible on Earth is

• an atmospher
• water
• greenhouse effect
• gravity

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The inner planets are called terrestrial planets because they are composed of

• water
• gas
• frozen surfaces
• rocks

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Venus is called Earth's twin because they are about the same size

• 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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There is one star in our solar system.

• True
• False

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How Many Planets orbit the sun in our solar system?

• 4 planets orbit the sun.
• 9 planets orbit the sun.
• 8 planets orbit the sun.
• Over 20 planets orbit the sun.

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What planet is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Uranus
• Saturn

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How long does it take the moon to Orbit the Earth?

• Less than a month

• 2 Days

• 24 Hours

• Never

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The earth________ around it's axis (another word for spin)?

• Revolves

• Jumps

• Rotates

• Skips

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Which answer only applies to Earth?

• Has an atmosphere

• Has Rings

• Has DRINKABLE water

• Is made of rocky surfaces

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The coldest planet is?

• Neptune

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

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The hottest planet is?

• Saturn

• The Sun

• Venus

• Mercury

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Earth is colder than Mars.

• True

• False

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Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System.

• True

• False

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what is the planet ?

• Uranus

• Venus

• Saturn

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What´s the red planet ?

• Mars

• Saturn

• Venus

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What is the planet ?

• Mars

• Earth

• Pluton

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What is the planet ?

• Mars

• Earth

• Pluton