Days/nights/years

Which contains the MOST number of stars?

• Solar system

• Galaxy

• Universe

The Sun is approximately _______ times bigger than Earth

• 100

• 10,000

• 1,000,000

• 100,000,000

Pluto is known as a _______ planet

• gibbous

• dwarf

• moon

• gas giant

Which of the below sequence of planets are in the WRONG order (from the sun)?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Day and night are caused by:

• Rotation of the Earth on its axis

• Revolution of the Earth around the moon

• Orbit of the Earth around the Sun

• The tilt of the Earth on its axis

The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, that separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere, is known as the ______

• Axis

• Equator

• Pole

• Orbit

A year is the time taken for a planet to...

• Rotate on its axis

• Orbit around the sun

• Orbit around Saturn

• Orbit around the moon

How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?

• 365 days

• 366 days

• 365.25 days

• 366.25 days

What is the angle of the tilt of Earth's axis?

• 205°

• 25.3°

• 23.5°

• 2°

The sun RISES in the

• North

• South

• East

• West