Solar System Quiz

The four inner planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

The outer planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

Which two planets are out of order in this list of our solar system?
Mercury-Earth-Venus-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Pluto.

• Mercury and Earth
• Earth and Venus
• Saturn and Jupiter
• Uranus and Neptune

How does a telescope help us understand the moon?

• It tells us how it was formed
• It tells us how hot it is there
• It helps us see surface features
• It can tell us what the moon is made of

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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 is not a rocky inner planet?

• Mercury
• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mars

Which is not a gassy outer planet?

• Mercury
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus

Our galaxy is called the

• Earth Nebula
• The Hubble Galaxy
• The Milky Way
• The Snickers