Emma's Science QUIZ 2: THE SUN AND PLANETS

The distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 ______ miles

• million

•  billion 

Light travels through space at the speed of 186,282 miles per ______

• second

•  hour 

If Pluto is considered a dwarf planet, then our solar system has  _____  planets revolve around the sun.

• 10 

• 8 

• 9 

The average distance from the earth to the moon is _____ miles

•  24,000,000 

• 240,000

•  24 ,000 

The gravity on earth is about ________ times that of the gravity on the surface of the moon.

• 10

• 2

• 20

• 6

Three United States astronauts made the first moon landing in _____

• 1999

•  1939 

• 1969 

A star produces its own ______  while a planet does not

• gravity 

• light

Pluto gets much colder than earth because __________

• it is much smaller than earth

• it is further from the sun

• it does not produce its own light

The planet nearest the sun is _________

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

Gravity keeps the ______  going around the sun.

• stars

•  planets