Solar System Review

Chunks of rock and iron that are beyond the orbit of Mars are...

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Kuiper Belt

• Planet

The study of the universe and its celestial bodies is...

• chemsitry

• astronomy

• astrophysics

• physics

A mass of ice, rock, and gas orbiting the sun...

• asteroid

• planet

• planet

• comet

A round object that orbits the Sun, but does not orbit a planet...

• Dwarf planet

• Gas giants

• Moon

• Gravity

Which word means beyond Earth?

• Extraterrestrial

• Extravagant

• Gravity

• Solar

What is the name of our galaxy?

• The Milky Way Galaxy

• The Snickers Space

• Earth

• Solar System

The word solar refers to the

• Sun

• Earth

• Moon

• Planet

Which planets are the gas giants?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

• Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune

What is the Kuiper Belt?

• A huge region beyond the gas giants made up of different size icy chunks of matter.

• A region near the terrestrial planets made up of ice.

• A cold region by the Sun

• A fancy name for an astronomer's belt that can be worn to work.

Select the planet that is not a terrestrial planet.

• Earth

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Mars