Space Unit Test

The Sun looks larger and brighter than the other stars because...

• it is so close to Earth

• it is gigantic

• we have telscopes

• we orbit around it

The four planets closest to the sun

• Sun

• Inner Planets

• Asteroid Belt

• Mercury

Which is a shared characteristic of the inner planets?

• Gas Giants

• Number of moons

• Rocky

• Color

Which Inner PLanet is the smallest?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Chucks of rock and metal floating in space

• Comets

• Asteroid

• Meteors

Asteroid that strike Earth are called

• Asteroid belt

• Meteors

• Meteorites

• Comets

Shared characteristic of the outer planets

• rocky

• have water

• have rings

• are small

Which outer planet rotates on its side?

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Uranus

Stars that form a pattern

• Ursa Major

• Milky Way

• Galaxy

• Constellations

^{A space object made of ice, with a gas and dust tail}

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteroid

• Meteor