Solar System Review

What is the name of the loops of gas found on the Sun?

• solar flares
• Sunspots
• solar wind
• prominences

Where is the asteroid belt found?

• between earth and mars
• Between Uranus and Neptune
• Between Mercury and Venus
• Between Mars and Jupiter

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus
• Mercury
• Neptune
• Earth

A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun

• gravity & inertia
• heat & pressure
• inertia & pressure
• gravity & heat

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons
• are small
• have a short orbit around the Sun
• are rocky

What is the sun mainly made from?

• Liquid lava
• Rock
• Molton iron
• Hydrogen + helium gas

How many moon does Mars have?

• 2
• 1
• 13
• 50

Put these planets in order from smallest to largest: Neptune, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

• Earth-> Mars->Neptune->Jupiter
• Jupiter->Neptune->Earth -> Mars
• Mars->Earth->Neptune->Jupiter
• Mars->Neptune->Earth->Jupiter

One complete revolution of the Earth takes about one...

• day
• month
• season
• year