Solar System

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth
• Earth and moon orbit Sun
• Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
• Earth and sun orbit moon

How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 30 days
• 365 days
•  100 days
• 40 days

Which planet is the largest in the solar system?

• Earth
• Venus
• Saturn
• Jupiter

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

• solar system
• earth
• rotation
• United States

Where is the asteroid belt found?

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

Why does Earth have different seasons? 

• because of the distance between Earth and the sun 
• because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis 
• because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis 
• because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun 

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation
• revolution
• phase
• comet

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