Our Solar System Assessment

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

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

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Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

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Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars

• Pluto

• Venus

• Earth

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One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

• The inner planets all have water

• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets

• the outer planets are gas planets

• the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

This planet is the same size as Earth and is the brightest of all planets.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mars

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What is the only planet in our Solar System that life can survive on?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

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The outer planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity

• speed

• string

• air currents

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