Space intro

Which option gives the planets in the correct order from the sun?

• venus, mars, mercury, earth, saturn, jupiter, neptune, uranus

• venus, mars, mercury, earth, saturn, jupiter, uranus, neptune

• venus, mercury, earth, saturn, jupiter, mars, neptune, uranus

• venus, mercury, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune

What is the name given to an object that orbits a planet?

• star

• moon

• planet

• galaxy

What is the name given to an object that orbits a star?

• star

• moon

• planet

• galaxy

What is the name given to an object that contains billions of stars?

• star

• moon

• planet

• galaxy

What is name given to the galaxy our sun is part of?

• Andromeda

• Sombrero

• Milky way

• Mars

Approximately how old is our solar system?

• 1 million years

• 4.5 billion years

• 13.7 billion years

• 10,000 years

Approximately how old is the observable universe?

• 1 million years

• 4.5 billion years

• 13.7 billion years

• 10,000 years

How far away is our sun?

• 93 million miles

• 400,000 km

• 4.2 light years

• 2.5 million light years

How far away is our moon?

• 93 million miles

• 400,000 km

• 4.2 light years

• 2.5 million light years

What is the name of our closest star to the sun?

• Betlgeuse

• Proxima centauri

• Rigel

• Canis majoris