Space week 1

The correct order of the planets from the Sun is

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto

• Mercury, Neptune, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Venus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Venus, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mercury

A luminous ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium is more commonly known as a

The path that planets travel around the Sun is referred to as

• a rotation

• a flight path

• an orbit

Planets are

• balls of rock that orbit Earth

• roughly spherical balls of rock or gas that orbit the sun

• roughly spherical balls of rock or gas that orbit the moon

• balls of rock or gas that have their own moon

The Heliocentric model of the Solar System places the

• Moon in the middle and all of the planets orbiting the Moon

• Sun in the middle and all of the planets orbiting the Sun

• The Earth in the middle and all of the planets and the Sun orbiting the Earth.

• Stars in the middle

What is the centre of the Solar System in the Heliocentric Model.

Identify the 6th planet from the Sun.

• Earth

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Identify the planet furthest from the Sun

• Earth

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Jupiter

Our solar system, consists of

• each of the four divisions of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours

• the shape of the lit part of the moon as seen from Earth

• the eight planets, the moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another

Identify the planet closest to the Sun.