Solar System

The Great Red Spot is a feature of

• jupiter

• Saturn

• Earth

• Mars

Jupiter is made up mostly of

• water

• carbon dioxide

• iron

• hydrogen and helium

The only planet known to have a covering of liquid water is

• Earth

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mars

The farthest planet from the Sun is usually

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

In 2015, the New Horizons Spacecraft should reach:

• jupiter

• saturn

• mars

• pluto

A body made up of rock, dust, gases, and ice that orbits the Sun is a

• comet

• meteor

• meteoroid

• meteorite

The curved path of one object around another in space is an

• orbit
• trajectory
• rotation
• ellipse

The force of attraction between all objects in the universe is

• magnetism
• repulsion
• friction
• gravity

The point in a planet’s orbit when it is closest to the Sun is

• Aphelion
• Solstice
• Perihelion
• Equinox

Pluto’s orbit sometimes takes it inside the orbit of

• Neptune
• Uranus
• Mars
• Saturn