Solar System

What is the solar system?

• the stars and space

• the sun and eight planets

• the Earth, moon, and sun

The planets travel in an ______ around the sun.

• orbit

• revolve

• rotate

Daytime and nighttime are created by...

• the sun spinning around the earth

• the Earth revolving around the sun

• the Earth spinning on its axis around the sun

How many planets are in our solar system?

• 8

• 9

• 7

List all of the planets in the solar system.

How do scientists believe the solar system was formed?

• magic

• Earth got bored and created some friends for itself

• a nebula collapsed and compressed, and the pressure created a tremendous amount of energy, creating our sun, and the rest of the material began to orbit it due to gravity, and that material formed the planets

What is Pluto?

• a planet

• a dwarf planet

• Jupiter's moon

Which planet is the coldest?

• pluto

• Earth

• Neptune

Which planet is the only planet that can sustain life?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Earth

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury