The Solar System Quiz

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.

How many planets are there in the solar system?

• 100

• 8

• 9

• 3

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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

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

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Spin
• Turn

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

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Meteor
• Meteoroid

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

• Jupiter

• The Sun

• Saturn

• Venus

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How many stars are in our solar system?

• 1

• 1,000

• 1 million

• Over 1 billion

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A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

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Select the order from smallest to largest.

• Sun, Milky Way, solar system, universe
• Sun, Milky Way, universe, solar system
• Sun, solar system, Milky Way, universe
• Sun, solar system, universe, Milky Way

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