Solar System

This planet is very hot in the day and very cold in the night. In fact, it has the wildest extremes in temperature!

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

• Jupiter

What are large chunks of rocks and metal in space?

• Earth

• comet

• asteroids

• gibbous

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Which planet has the most gravity?

• Earth

• Mars

• Neptune

• Jupiter

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What factor causes one planet to have more gravity than other planets?

• The planet's mass

• The planet's volume

• The planet's distance from the sun

• The planet's atmosphere

The hottest planet is... because...

• MERCURY, because it is closest to the sun

• EARTH, because it supports life

• MARS, because of its red pigment

• VENUS, because of its greenhouse effect

Which planet takes the least time to go around the sun?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

Which is the most massive object in our solar system?

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Pluto

What do we call a ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun?

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

The gas giants are different from the terrestrial planets because they

• have fewer rings

• are more dense

• have larger atmospheres

• are less massive

The inner planets are called terrestrial planets because they are composed of

• water
• gas
• frozen surfaces
• rocks