Solar System Test

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Pluto

Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars
• Pluto
• Venus
• Earth

A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

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

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

A small rocky object orbiting the sun.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

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

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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

• rotation
• revolution
• phase
• comet

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

Complete the analogy. Oceanographer is to ocean, as astronomer is to:

• animals
• rocks and minerals
• maps
• space