Solar system

Our solar system has 8 planets that orbit around one star (the Sun)

• planets

• the solar system

• the Sun

• the Moon

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There are eight __________ in our solar system including Mercury, Earth and Mars. Not the Sun.

• the solar system

• orbit

• the moon

• planets

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It is not a planet, but it is the star in the middle of the solar system

• the Moon

• the Earth

• Mars

• The Sun

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This is the only planet that we have found life on so far

• Mercury

• Mars

• The Moon

• The Earth

The path a planet takes around the Sun is called______________-

• rotate

• spin

• orbit

• night and day

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It takes Earth __________________ to orbit the Sun once.

• 28 days

• 14 days

• 24 hours

• a year

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Earth _______________________ once every 24 hours

• rotates

• orbits

• spins

• a & c

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This causes night and day on Earth.

• Earth's rotation

• Moon's rotation

• Sun's rotation

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It takes ________________ for the Moon to orbit the Earth.

• 24 hours

• 28 days

• 24 days

• 365 days

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This planet is the closest planet to the Sun.

• Mars

• Earths

• Moon

• Mercury