Unit 6 - Solar System

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

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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Which planet is the farthest away from our sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

Our Solar System_________

• Is an arrangement of 8 planets that are very close together

• Has 8 planets, but is mostly empty space

• Has 9 planets that are very close together

• Has 9 planets and is mostly empty space

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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

T/F: The definition for what a planet is has never changed

• True, what makes a planet a planet has always been the same

• False, the standards for what makes a planet a planet has changed several times

The earth is....

• the 3rd rock from the sun

• closest to the sun

• called the Red planet

• the only planet we know that sustains life

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

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

Match the following

• Saturn

• 
• Sun

• 
• Earth

• 
• Mars

• 
• Jupiter

• 

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