The Planets

Which of the following is made of a star and the objects that orbit it? 

• planets 
• solar system 
• moon 
• asteroid 

Which of the following would we use to describe the Sun? 

• a moon 
• a planet 
• a comet 
• a star 

Large objects that orbit a star is called a 

• planet 
• moon 
• asteroid 
• comet 

The planet closets to the star is 

• Venus 
• Neptune 
• Mercury 
• Mars 

Some planets have objects called ________ that orbit them. 

• asteroids 
• stars 
• comets 
• moons 

All of the planets EXCEPT the following have moons 

• Mercury and Venus 
• Mercury and Mars 
• Jupiter and Saturn 
• Venus and Uranus 

Our planet has ________ planets that orbit the Sun. 

• 9 
• 10 
• 8
• 11

Rocks that orbit the Sun are called _______. 

• moons 
• asteroids 
• comets 
• planets 

Between which two planets are most of the asteroids found in our solar system? 

• Mercury and Venus 
• Earth and Mars 
• Mars and Jupiter 
• Jupiter and Saturn 

The planet that is farthest away from the Sun is_________. 

• Jupiter 
• Saturn 
• Neptune 
• Uranus