Solar System

What is the order of the planets from the Sun?

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

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The path that Earth takes around the sun is called its-

• Axis

• Orbit

• Cycle

• Rotation

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The picture shows Earth's-

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Axis

During a new moon phase, a person on Earth cannot see the moon because the sun is shining-

• on the far side of the moon

• on the Earth

• on the moon's axis

• From behind and below the moon

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The diagram shows a-

• Full moon

• New moon

• Waning Crescent

• First Quarter

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Solar flares are loops of gas in the sun's-

• Corona

• Radiation Zone

• Core

• Photosphere

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At the center of the solar system is a-

• Galaxy

• Moon

• Planet

• Star

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The sun is a huge mass of-

• Metals

• Light

• Gases

• Liquids

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Smaller celestial objects that revolve around planets

• Comets

• Moons

• Asteroids

• The Sun

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The composition of the Sun is best described as-

• liquid nitrogen and solid magnesium

• molten rock, primarily iron

• lightweight particles of dust

• dense and composed of hot gases

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