Our Solar System

What are the components of the solar system?

• sun

• 8 planets

• Other objects

• water

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What is a planet?

• a comet

• a frozen object

• a large, round object that moves around a star

• a small rocky object

What keeps the planets in their orbits?

• the eight planets

• The Sun's gravity

• a stretched out circle

• the solar system

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What is the planet closes to the sun?

What is the only planet that is composed of mostly water?

• Earth

• Pluto

• the sun

• Neptune

Place a mark by the number that represent that planet in the picture.

Answer explanation

For example, If I wanted you to tell me which number is Earth,

Earth 1_ 4_ 7_

then you would place a mark beside the number 4.

Which planet is the biggest?

• Pluto

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Neptune

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Which planet does not have a solid surface?

• Neptune

• Mars

• Earth

• Saturn

Which planet rotates on its side?

What planet is said to be a dwraf planet?

• Mercury

• the sun

• Pluto

• Earth

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