Solar System Quiz Review

What planet is closest to the Sun?

• Earth

• Moon

• Jupiter

• Mercury

Earth rotates on an ____

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What is the object that all planets in our solar system orbit?

• The moon

• The sun

• The Milky Way

• Mercury

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Name for region containing all 8 planets, the sun, asteroids, and other celestial objects?

• The Solar System

• The Degoba System

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt system

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Which planet is the largest planet in the solar system and is the fifth planet?

• the sun

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Earth

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The four inner planets are rocky and small. Which description best fits the next four outer planets?

• They are also rocky and small.

• They are very large and has no moons

• They are small and made of ice.

• They are very large, made of gases with no solid surface

What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

• Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

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There are _________ planets in our solar system.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

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The gaseous planets are much larger than the rocky planets.

• True

• False

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What planet has thousands of beautiful, tiny rings made of chunks of ice and rock?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune