The solar system

The sun is at the centre of the solar system.

• True

• False

The planets are held in their orbits around the sun by magnetism.

• True

• False

Uranus and Neptune are rocky planets.

• True

• False

The Earth is the only planet with a moon.

• True

• False

Most asteroids orbit the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

• True

• False

The Earth has never been struck by a meteorite.

• True

• False

A comet's tail grows as it gets closer to the sun.

• True

• False

Pluto is no longer classified as a planet.

• True

• False

A huge ball of blazing gas in space.

• moon

• comet

• star

• planet

A path a planet follows around the sun.

• comet

• circle

• ring

• orbit