Solar System

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

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Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth

• Earth and moon orbit Sun

• Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

• Earth and sun orbit moon

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Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars
• Pluto
• Venus
• Earth

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

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Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation

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This table shows the rotation period and revolution period for 6 planets, and Earth’s moon, all relative to Earth’s periods. Which 2 planets have shorter days than Earth?

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Venus and Mercury

• Mars and Jupiter

• Saturn and Moon

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This planet has the longest period of revolution.

• Mercury

• Mars

• Saturn

• Neptune

Rotation means...

• to orbit.

• to spin.