Solar System Review

I am the fastest planet to orbit the sun.

• Venus

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

I am red because of the iron oxide that covers me.

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

• Saturn

I am the third planet from the sun.

• Earth

• The Moon

• Venus

• Jupiter

Why do we have different phases of the moon?

• Because the moon revolves around the earth
  
• Because the moon revolves around the sun
• Because the earth rotates
  
• Because the moon rotates

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Jupiter
• The Sun

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If the moon is a crescent shape then changes to a gibbous. What is the next phase ?

• If the moon is a crescent shape then changes to a gibbous. What is the next phase ?
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full moon

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The four planets that are nearest the sun are called the.........

• Terrestrial planets

• Outer planets
• Small planets
• Gas giants

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After a new moon, which phase of the moon appears next?

• Crescent moon
  
• New moon
• Gibbous moon
• Full moon

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 Which of the following planets are the gas giants (outer planets)?

• Mercury , Venus, Mars, Saturn

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, Earth, Neptune

• Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Mercury

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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