SCIENCE 6: THE SOLAR SYSTEM REVIEW

A glowing ball of burning gas is called a ...

• probe

• star

• planet

• satellite

The movement of a planet around the sun is called ...

• rotation

• axis

• orbit

• revolution

The closest neighbor planet to Earth is ...

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Mercury

The path that an object follows as it revolves around another object is called ...

• an axis

• a satellite

• a probe

• an orbit

A large body of rock or gas that revolves around the sun is called ...

• a satellite

• a planet

• a moon

• a star

The sun and all other objects that orbit around the sun are called the ...

• revolution

• rotation

• solar system

• orbit

The sun rises in the west and sets in the east on ...

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune are called ... planets.

• inner

• small

• outer

• big

An object that resolves around a larger object in space is called ...

• a satellite

• an axis

• an orbit

• a rotation

Venus is the ... planet in the solar system.

• coldest

• smallest

• hottest

• largest