Space Practice Quiz

A celestial body that revolves around a planet.

• Moon

• Star

• Comet

• Meteor

Something that orbits around another object.

• Satellite

• Sun

• Galaxy

Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of Earth or the Moon.

• Meteor

• Meteorites

• Meteoid

Name given to the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system.

• Satellite

• Planet

• Solar

• Rocky

Name given to a ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.

• Satellite

• Planet

• Solar

• Star

Name given to the luminous celestial body around which the Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light.

• Satellite

• Planet

• Sun

• Star

Between which 2 planets do we find the asteroid belt?

• Mercury and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

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

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteroids

• Meteors

What keeps the Earth and other planets in orbit?

• The sun

• Gravity

• Earth's magnetic field

Which planets do not have rings?

• Gas Giants

• Terrestrial Planets