Solar System Flash Cards

The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, indicating it is experiencing which season?

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn

• Winter

The order of the planets based on their position from the sun (nearest to farthest) is:

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Venus, Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The four main phases of the moon are:

• New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter

• Crescent, Gibbous, Half Moon, Full Moon

• New Moon, Waxing Crescent, Waning Crescent, Full Moon

• First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter

The sun, planets, moons, comets, and meteors make up our _______________.

• solar system.

• galaxy.

• universe.

• constellation.

There are how many planets in our solar system and what do they orbit around?

• 8 planets orbiting the Sun

• 9 planets orbiting the Sun

• 8 planets orbiting the Earth

• 9 planets orbiting the Earth

The sun is:

• a planet

• an average-sized yellow star made of gases

• a moon

• a comet

The sun is approximately how many years old?

• 4.6 million years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.6 trillion years old

• 4.6 thousand years old

The diameter of which object is about 110 times larger than Earth's?

• The Moon

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

What is the order of the planets based on their position from the sun (nearest to farthest)?

__________ is the largest planet, and __________ is the smallest planet.

• Jupiter is the largest; Mercury is the smallest

• Saturn is the largest; Venus is the smallest

• Earth is the largest; Mars is the smallest

• Neptune is the largest; Pluto is the smallest