Solar System

What is AU?

• Abbreviation for Australia

• Distance from the Sun to Earth

• The diameter of the Earth's orbit around the sun

• Astronomical Unit is the same as a Light Year

What is the main reason why planets have different average temperatures?

• Planets orbit at different different distances from the sun

• The planets have different kinds of atmospheres

• They are formed from different materials

• They have different gravities.

Which object in space is furthest from the Sun?

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Moon

• Andromeda Galaxy

Based on this diagram, which statement is true?

• A day on Earth is longer than a day on Mercury.

• A year on Venus is longer than a year on Saturn.

• The average temperature on Mars is colder than the average temperature on Venus.

• The average temperature on Jupiter is hotter that the average temperature on Earth.

Which planet exerts the greatest gravitational force?

• Mars

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

The first planet of the solar system?

• Sun
• Venus
• Earth
• Mercury

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What is the thing that makes the planets orbit

• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Sun
• God

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The hottest planet is 

• Venus
• Earth
• Mercury
• Mars

The four inner planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

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What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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