Planets around the Sun

What is the biggest planet in the Solar System.

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mars

• Uranus

What is the coldest planet in the Solar system?

• Venus

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Neptune

The natural satellite that travels around the Earth is ..........

• Sun

• Moon

• Star

• Mars

How is Earth different from all the other planets in our solar system?

• It is the only planet with its own moon.

• It has liquid water that allows plants and animals to live.

• It has storms in the atmosphere.

• It is close enough to the sun to get heat energy.

Which statement is the best to describe the terrestrial planets?

• Large, planetary rings

• Rocky cores, close to sun, surface craters

• Small, dense, rocky

• Made of helium and hydrogen

Which is the correct order of the planets?

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

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

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

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nepture

We often see these objects appear as "shooting stars" or streak of light in the sky. They are "smaller" pieces of rock that are burning in our atmosphere.

• Meteroids

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

Asteroids "hang out" in the Asteroid Belt between the planets of:

• Mars and Jupiter

• Mercury and Venus

• Saturn and Neptune

• Earth and Mars

What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have in common? (select all that apply)

• They all have rings.

• Their diameter is greater than mercury.

• They have more than 2 moons.

• They are gas giants

Which planet has similar landforms to Earth, such as valleys and canyons and polar ice caps?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn