5th grade solar system

What does Earth rotate on?

• an axis

• the sun

• the moon

• starts

Which choice below lists the correct order of the planets from the sun?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Saturn

• Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn

Which I NOT a a layers of the sun?

• photoshpere

• solar flare

• corona

• chromosphere

Which planet has a rocky surface?

• Neptune

• Venus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

Which of these planets is most like Earth?

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Neptune

• Mars

/What do Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have in common?

• They all have rocky surfaces

• they all appear to be similar to Earth

• They all are gaseous

• They all appear to be made of rock and ice

Which is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust?

• an asteroid

• a comet

• a moon

• a planet

Which is true about planets and asteroids?

• they are round

• they have an atmoshpere

• they revolve around the sun

• they have cleared their orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the name of the galaxy in which Earth is found?

• Andromedia

• Milky Way

• Ursa Minor

All visible stars in the night sky are many times larger than Earth. Why do they look like tiny points of light?

• they are moving very fast

• the atmosphere blocks most of their light

• the stars visible at night are located very far from Earth

• most of the light from stars is absorbed by galaxies, so it does not reach Earth