Solar System Test Review

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are all ____________ planets

• Inner
• Outer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Inner
• Outer

These objects are made of ice, rock, frozen gases & dust.  They follow large orbits around sun on a different plane than planets

• Comets
• Meteors
• Asteroids

These are rocky objects that have their own orbit around a star or the sun.

• Comets
• Meteors
• Asteroids

These are brief streaks of light seen when an asteroid hits Earth's surface.

• Comets
• Meteors
• Asteroids

What holds the solar system together

• hope
• mass
• gravity
• light

In the universe, what is the body that includes the sun, all 8 planets, their moons, and all objects that revolve around the sun?

• solar system
• galaxy
• planet
• universe

What are the sources of light for all objects in space

• planets
• stars
• moons
• comets

Where does the asteroid belt lie?

• between Neptune and Pluto
• between Earth and Mars
• between Jupiter and Saturn
• between Mars and Jupiter

What is the theory of how our solar system was formed?

• Newton's

• nebular

• Einstein's

• relativity