Science Quiz Solar System

What is a planet?

• A large ball of rock or gas that moves around the sun.

• The center of the universe

• A huge ball of hot gasses that gives of light and heat

What are the parts of the solar system?

• sun

• planets

• planet's moons

• precipitation

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How many planets are in our solar system?

• 8

• 9

• 7

• 10

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What is the center of the solar system?

• the sun

• the solar system

• the orbit

• Earth

What is an orbit?

• the path a planet takes as it moves around the sun

• to turn

• the way Earth turns or rotates

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How long does it take for the Earth to make one orbit around the sun?

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 1 day

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What is a star?

• A huge ball of hot gases

• a planet in the solar system

• a ball of rock that moves around the sun

What does the sun give Earth?

• light and heat

• darkness

• constellations

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What is a constellation?

• a group of stars that forms a pattern

• starts that fall to Earth

• the largest star in the orbit

What is an astronomer?

• a scientist who studies stars, planets and other objects in space

• a scientist who studies Earth

• a scientist who studies rock formations

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