Space Review 2 Tonya Potts

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mars

What are the small rocky bodies that orbit the sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter called?

• galaxies

• asteroids

• planets

• comets

What are large systems of stars, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity called?

• Galaxies

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Planets

What is the name of our solar system, which consists of the Sun and everything that orbits around it?

• The Milky Way

• Andromeda

• The Big Dipper

• The Little Dipper

What are the three states of matter?

• solid, liquid, and gas

• round, square, and triangle

• solid, liquid, and plasma

• hot, cold, and warm

What is the natural satellite of the Earth?

• Saturn

• Moon

• Mars

• Jupiter

What are the different phases of the moon called?

• big moon, small moon, medium moon

• blue moon, red moon, yellow moon

• morning moon, afternoon moon, evening moon

• new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent

What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?

• Orion

• Pegasus

• Milky Way

• Andromeda

What is the star at the center of our solar system?

• Mars

• Moon

• Jupiter

• Sun

What is the name of the process by which the sun produces energy?

• Photosynthesis

• Nuclear fusion

• Solar flares

• Nuclear fission