Planets

What type of object is the Sun?

• a comet

• a planet

• a star

How many planets do we have in our solar system?

• 9

• 7

• 8

What is an orbit?

• a type of sweet

• a curved path in space that one object takes around another

• a star

What keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?

• speed

• gravity

• magic

Which planet is the fifth from the Sun?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Jupiter

Which word describes the rough shape of a planet?

• spherical

• circular

• ovoid

One year is the time that it takes for a planet to…

• make one complete orbit around the Sun

• complete one rotation on its axis

• have 365 days pass by

What causes day and night on a planet?

• the planet moving too far away from the Sun

• other planets blocking the light from the Sun

• as a planet rotates on its axis, different parts of the planet face the Sun

Which is the largest planet in our

solar system?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Earth

Which is the smallest planet in our

solar system?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars