Solar System

What does it mean to orbit?

• to fly.

• to rotate

• to revolve

• to hover

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The sun is __________. (Choose all that apply.)

• the center of our solar system.

• made mostly of the gases hydrogen and helium.

• a planet.

• a source of light and heat energy.

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If the Sun were to disappear for two weeks, life on Earth would stay the same except we would just be a little colder.

• True

• Mostly True

• Sort of False

• Completely False

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Which is the 5th planet from the sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mercury

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Which 4 planets are the outer planets?

• Uranus

• Pluto

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptuen

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Which planet orbits closest to the sun?

• Neptuen

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

Select the 4 inner planets.

• Mercury

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Venus

What is the center of our solar system?

• Milky Way

• Moon

• Comet

• Sun

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Which is the correct paths the sun, moon, and Earth travel.

• The sun and moon revolve around Earth. The sun rotates.

• The moon rotates. The Earth revolves around the sun.

• The Earth revolves around the sun. The moon rotates around Earth.

• The Earth revolves around the sun. The Earth rotates on its axis. The moon revolves around the Earth.

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Which planet does Jupiter orbit farther from the sun than?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

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