OUR EARTH AND SOLAR SYSTEM

The only planet that supports life.

• Pluto

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

The rings of Saturn are made of...

• Gases

• Ice

• Plasma

• Rainbows

If you were to conduct an experiment using a ball, a flashlight, and a dark room, what would you be investigating?

• The speed of light

• Why there are dark spots on the sun

• The atmosphere of Earth

• The phases of the moon

The length of a year on a planet is best explained by

• The planet rotating on its axis

• The Sun rotating on its axis

• The revolution around the Sun

• The seasons

Saturn is the only planet with a ring system.

• True

• False

What is the difference between comets and asteroids?

• Asteroids are rocky, comets are icy

• Comets are rocky, asteroids are icy

• Comets revolve around the earth, asteroids around the sun

• Asteroids travel further than comets.

When Coach max tied a string around a weight and swung it around showing the orbits, what did the string represent?

• Distance away from the planet

• Gravitational pull

• Electricity

• Radiation

A __________ is a chunk of ice & dust that has a bright head & a long narrow tail.

• asteroid
• planet
• meteoroid
• comet

The ______is between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter.

• solar system
• asteroid belt
• terrestrial planets
• photosphere

What is the correct order of the planets from the sun? 

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