Solar System

Which of the following is true?

• Earth is the center of the solar system
• The sun orbits the earth
• Gravity exists only on Earth
• The sun is the center of the solar system

What galaxy do we live in?

• Black Hole
• Milky Way
• Milk Dud
• Three Musketeers 

What tool would you use to study stars and space?

• microscope
• oscilloscope
• telescope
• nanoscope

A pattern of stars is called what?

• constellation
• solar system
• galaxy
• bunch

The closest star to the Earth.

• Sun
• moon
• Venus
• siriu

What is the Sun?

• A Star
• A Moon
• A Planet
• A Child

Why does the sun appear to be the largest star in the sky?

• It is far away
• It is very big
• It is the closest star to earth
• It is a planet

What is the movement of the planets around the Sun called?

• Rotation
• Spin
• Orbit
• Twirl

Why do planets orbit the sun (and not float around in space)?

• the moons are keeping them in place
• They were hit by an asteroid
• they were hit by a comet
• the sun's gravity keeps them in place

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity