Our Solar System Review

T/F: the sun is the biggest star in our galaxy

• True, that is why we have the only solar system

• False, there are much bigger stars than our sun

What is the solar system?

• The sun

• The planets

• The sun and planets ONLY

• The sun, planets, and all other objects that orbit the sun

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Which planet is the closest to our sun?

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

Which planet is the farthest away from our sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

Why do the planets orbit the sun?

• They don't, the planets orbit the Earth

• Because Science

• The sun is so massive that it has a very large gravitational pull, which causes objects to orbit it

• Because they want to

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Why do scientists use scale to study the Solar System?

• The solar system is too large to study without using scale

• The solar system is too small to study without using scale

• Scientists don't need to use scale because we have satelites

• All of the above

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Where does the moon get its light from?

• The moon makes its own light

• The moon gets light from Earth

• The Moon gets light from the sun

• None of the above

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Which are the four terrestrial planets?​​ (a)   ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Saturn
• Neptune

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What is the largest planet?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

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