Outer Space

What is it called when the planets travel around the Sun?

• Orbit

• Spin

• Move

• Turn

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Earth completes one full _______ on its axis every 24 hours.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Resolution

• Reservation

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Which is NOT an inner planet?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

• Jupiter

How many planets are in the solar system?

• 8 planets

• 12 planets

• 9 planets

• 2 planets

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The sun is a

• Satellite

• Star

• Circle

• Planet

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How long does it take Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?

• 24 hours

• One week

• One year

• One month

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In which galaxy is our Solar System located in?

• Aquarius

• The Big Dipper

• The Milky Way

• Cancer

How did Mars get its nickname "the Red Planet">

• From the iron minerals in the Martian soil that oxidize, or rust, causing the soil and atmosphere to look red

• There is no oxygen and it looks red without any life, hence the nickname

• It looks to be red when we look at it from satellite imaging

• There is no real reason for the nickname

What is the correct order of the outer planets?

• Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter

• Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter

A sun centered system of planets was developed by _______

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Isaac Newton