Solar System Open Notes Assignment

What is the solar system made up of?

• Only the Sun

• The Sun and eight planets

• The Sun, planets, moons, and other objects

• Only planets and moons

Which planet is the closest to the Sun?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Mercury

What is the Kuiper Belt?

• A region of icy bodies beyond Neptune

• A ring of asteroids around Mars

• A group of stars near the Sun

• A collection of comets near Earth

Which moon is larger than the planet Mercury?

• Earth's Moon

• Titan

• Europa

• Ganymede

Which galaxy is our solar system a part of?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Triangulum

• Whirlpool

What is an orbit?

• A star

• A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one

• A type of galaxy

• A planet

What is gravity?

• A type of planet

• An attractive force between two masses by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center

• A kind of galaxy

• A type of orbit

What is a habitable zone?

• A region with no stars

• The orbital region around a star where an Earth-like planet can possess liquid water on its surface and possibly support life

• A type of galaxy

• A planet with no atmosphere

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for an object to be classified as a planet?

• Orbit the Sun

• Be massive enough to be round

• Have a moon

• Clear the neighborhood around its orbit

What is the Kuiper belt?

• A region made of gas clouds

• A region beyond Neptune with comets and dwarf planets

• A ring around Saturn

• A belt of asteroids between Earth and Mars