Solar System Quiz

The Earth rotates on its axis completely in 24 hours, which creates day and night.

• true
• false

It takes the Earth ___________ to revolve around the sun.

• 1 month
• 24 hours
• 365 days
• a leap year

the Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.

• true
• false

The path a planet travels around the sun is called:

• orbit
• route
• circle

What object in the solar system is considered a dwarf planet?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Pluto
• Neptune

Which planet is between Venus and Mars?

• Earth
• Neptune
• Mercury
• Jupiter

The number of planets in our solar system:

• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9

Earth completes one full ___________ on its axis every 24 hours.

• rotation
• revolution
• resolution
• reservation 

A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation