Grade 5 Astro

The location of MOST of the asteroids found in the solar system...

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

• asteroid belt

• orbiting Earth

The location scientists believe where comets originate.

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

• asteroid belt

• orbiting Earth

Another word for the inner, rocky planets is...

• Gaseous

• Terrestrial

• Earth

• Star

This area of the solar system is the home of most of the dwarf planets including Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake.

• asteroid belt

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

• orbiting Earth

This area would be the end of the solar system. Comets are thought to originate there.

• Oort Cloud

• asteroid belt

• Kuiper Belt

• orbiting Earth

The center of our solar system is the....

• Earth

• Sun

• Moon

• Asteroid belt

There are _________ planets in our solar system.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

Which planet is the largest?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

Which planet is seventh from the sun?

• Saturn
• Earth
• Venus
• Uranus

Our solar system is part of a bigger grouping of stars called the ___________ galaxy.

• Milky Way

• Andromeda

• Whirlpool

• Sombrero