Space Study Guide Questions

What objects make up the Solar System

• Planets and Dwarf Planets

• Moons

• Star

• Asteroids and Comets

What object is at the center of the Solar System

• Earth

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Asteroid Belt

Which planets are the inner Planets?

• Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Pluto, Mercury, Mars, Saturn

Which characteristics describe the inner planets

• Smaller

• Rocky

• Gaseous

• Warmer

• Farther from the Sun

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• The sun

• Moons

• Earth

• Asteroid Belt

Which planets are the outer planets?

• Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

• Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Earth

Which words describe the outer planets?

• Gaseous

• Rocky

• Smaller

• Larger

• Colder

Which planet is the largest?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Which planet is the hottest?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Mars