Components of the Solar System (Review)

Which planet of the solar system is the largest?

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Uranus

A piece of rock/metal that has fallen to Earth's surface from outer space.

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Meteoroid

• Asteroid

Which planet is the closest to the Sun?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

A small body from outer space that has entered Earth's atmosphere is known as _________________.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Asteroid

The _______________ is all of space and time and their content.

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Planet

• Comet

This is a small body moving in the solar system (outer space)

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Large numbers of rocks orbiting the sun.

• Meteoroid

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

Select the correct order of the planets from the Sun.

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

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

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

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

The ________________ is our Sun and everything that travels around it.

• Solar system

• Universe

• Star

• Planets

Pluto is no longer classified a planet because:

• The object is not in orbit around the Sun

• Pluto is the too far from the Sun

• The size of Pluto is not big enough to make a sphere