Solar System

What is the speed of light?  

• 300,000 mi/hr
• 300,000 km/sec
• 186,000 mi/sec

• 1,000,000,000
• 4000 ft/year

What object is at the center of our solar system?

• Jupiter
• Oort cloud
• Kuiper belt
• The Sun

What is the approximate average temperature of the sun's surface?

• 212 degrees Fahrenheit

• 100 degrees Celsius

• 2000 degrees Fahrenheit

• 6,000 degrees Celsius

Which planet is not a terrestrial planet?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

Which planet is not part of the outer planets?

• Gas giants

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Mars

Correctly order these space objects according to size (small to BIG)

• The Sun, The Moon, Earth, Jupiter

• Jupiter, Earth, The Moon, The Sun

• The Moon, Earth, Jupiter, The Sun

• The Moon, Earth, The Sun, Pluto

How would The Sun look like if we lived on Neptune instead of Earth?

• smaller

• bigger

• the same size

• could not see

Which object is the furthest out in our solar system?  

• The Sun
• Pluto
• Oort Cloud
• Kuiper Belt

What distance BEST describes the distance between the Earth and the Sun?

• Less than one light year

• One Astronomical Unit

• Millions of miles

• Lots of kilometers

What type of telescope uses mirrors?

• Refracting Telescope
• Reflecting Telescope
• Radio Telescope