Planets and Asteroids

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

What is the name of the collection asteroids in our solar system?

• The Kupier Belt

• The Oort Cloud

• The Planetary Rings

• The Asteroid Belt

The outer four plants, which are larger and have rings are called:

• Gas Giants

• Rocky Planets

What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

• a meteor burns up in the atmosphere, a meteorite hits the ground

• a meteorite burns up in the atmosphere, a meteor hits the ground

• both meteors and meteorites hit the ground

• both make impact craters

The path that Earth takes around the sun is called its

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Axis
• Orbit

True or False: The sun is located in the center of our solar system

• True
• False

The sun is a

• planet
• star
• asteroid

Which planet is the largest?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

Which planet has a Great Red Spot?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

What is NOT a common characteristic of the outer planets?

• Gaseous
• Giant
• Rings
• Smaller than Earth