Solar System Practice-All

A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls

to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon

and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?

• All of the ping pongs were the same size

• She made earth orbit the sun.

• She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.

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

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

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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

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Which correctly orders objects from largest to smallest?

• Sun, Galaxy, Earth, Jupiter, Solar system, Moon

• Jupiter, Solar system, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, Moon

• Galaxy, Solar system, Sun, Jupiter, Earth, Moon

• Solar System, Galaxy, Jupiter, Sun, Moon, Earth

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The closer planets are to the Sun, the faster they orbit the Sun

• True

• False

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One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

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Which planet has the smallest pull of gravity?

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Mercury

The inner planets are:

• Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Mercury
• Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Earth
• Earth, Pluto, Neptune, Mars
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Why do the sun and moon appear to move across the sky?

• the rotation of the solar system makes the sun and moon seem to move
• the rotation of the earth make the sun and moon seem to move
• the sun and moon revolve around earth
• the earth revolves around the sun and moon

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Which planet is the hottest planet?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Venus
• Saturn