Solar System

What is the solar system?

• The sun

• The planets

• The sun and planets ONLY

• The sun, planets, and all other objects that orbit the sun

What is the center of our solar system?

• The sun

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which planet is the closest to our sun?

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

Which planet is the farthest away from our sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

Why do the planets orbit the sun?

• They don't, the planets orbit the Earth

• Because Science

• The sun is so massive that it has a very large gravitational pull, which causes objects to orbit it

• Because they want to

A small, solid, rocky body that orbits the Sun. 

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Meteoroid
• Meteor

A small, icy body that orbits the Sun. Is made of a main body and a tail.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Meteor
• Meteoroid

A chunk of rock that burns up upon entering a planet's atmosphere

• Comet
• Meteor
• Meteoroid
• Asteroid

What six things make up our Solar System?

• Sun, Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors
• Galaxies, Planets, Stars, Asteroids, Planets, Moons
• Sun, Planets, Moons, Stars, Asteroids, Comets
• Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Comets, Meteors, Sun

A planet made of mostly gases, such as Hydrogen or Helium

• Terrestrial Planet
• Gaseous Planet
• Gas Planet
• Rocky Planet