Year 8 Astrophysics Revision

How many planets are in the solar system?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

What is the order of the planets outwards from the Sun?

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

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

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

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

What is the name of the biggest planet in our solar system?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Which planet is famously recognised for having rings?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

What would you observe beyond the inner planets?

• Comet chain

• Milky way

• Galaxy

• Asteroid belt

What is a common property of the inner planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

• They are made of gas

• They are made of rock

• They are the biggest

• They have the strongest gravity

Which planet has the largest pull of gravity on its surface?

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

What is the name given to our galaxy?

• Mars

• Minstrels

• Maltesers

• Milky Way

which of the following statements are true?

• It is summer in the Southern Hemisphere in December

• It is summer in the Southern Hemisphere in June

• It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere in December

• It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere in June

We have day and night because ...

• The Earth spins around the sun

• The Earth spins on its axis

• The Sun spins on its axis

• The Sun spins around the Earth