Solar System Objects

What is the Solar System?

• The Sun and all objects that orbit around it

• Only the planets in space

• A group of stars in the galaxy

• The Sun and its moons

What is the Sun?

• The star at the center of our Solar System

• An asteroid in the Asteroid Belt

• A planet in the Solar System

• A moon that orbits Earth

What is a planet?

• A large object in space that revolves around a star

• A small rocky object that orbits the Sun

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet

• A layer of gases surrounding a planet

What is an orbit?

• A layer of gases surrounding a planet

• A round hole caused by impacts from space objects

• The curved path an object follows around another object in space

• The spinning of a planet on its axis

Which are the inner planets?

• Venus, Earth, Uranus, and Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Which are the outer planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn

• Venus, Earth, Uranus, and Neptune

What is a Gas Giant?

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet

• A small rocky object that orbits the Sun

• A very large planet made mostly of gases

• A planet made mostly of icy materials

What is an Ice Giant?

• A small rocky object that orbits the Sun

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet

• A large planet made mostly of icy materials

• A planet made mostly of gases

What is an atmosphere?

• A layer of gases surrounding a planet

• A curved path an object follows in space

• A round hole caused by impacts from space objects

• A state of matter with no fixed shape

What is a moon?

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet

• A large object in space that revolves around a star

• A small rocky object that orbits the Sun

• A layer of gases surrounding a planet