Solar System Quiz Section "A"

The eight __________________ orbit the sun.

• moon phases

• planets

• moons

• stars

Earth´s ____________causes seasons.

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• tilt

One trip around the sun is one__________.

• revolution

• rotation

• tilt

• crater

The sun, the planets and these small objects make up the__________.

• galaxy

• Earth

• solar system

• constellation

The spinning of Earth on its axis is called___________.

• equator

• rotation

• imaginary line

• revolution

A group of stars that seem to form a picture of an animal or person is called a -

• galaxy.

• Milky Way.

• planets.

• constellation.

Hot balls of glowing gases that give off energy are called -

• meteorites.

• rays.

• stars.

• moon.

Axis is the visible line that goes through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• True

• False

Each planet revolves in path called an _________.

• axis

• ring

• dark hole

• orbit

The ____________is the star in the center of the solar system.

• Jupiter

• sun

• Mars

• moon