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The Solar System Quiz

Authored by Oscar Espinoza

Science

6th - 8th Grade

NGSS covered

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The Solar System Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why is Pluto not a planet?

It is not in orbit around the sun.

It doesn't have a nearly-spherical shape.

It has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit of smaller objects.

It doesn't have a moon.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many planets are there in the solar system?

100

8

9

3

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the time it takes for an object to spin (on its axis) in a circle

Revolution
Rotation
Spin
Turn

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What six things make up our Solar System?

Sun, Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors
Galaxies, Planets, Stars, Asteroids, Planets, Moons
Sun, Planets, Moons, Stars, Asteroids, Comets
Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Comets, Meteors, Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A small, icy body that orbits the Sun. Is made of a main body and a tail.

Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
Meteoroid

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ contains 99.8% of the mass in our solar system.

Jupiter

The Sun

Saturn

Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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