Solar System Quiz

The moon has no __.

• Gravity

• Atmosphere

• planets

A __ looks like a ball of light with a fiery tail.

• Planet

• Sun

• comet

The sun’s __ holds the Earth in its orbit.

• Gravity

• Size

• friction

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The Earth moves in a path around the sun. This path is called an __.

• Temperature

• Orbit

• astronomer

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__ is a dwarf planet farthest from the sun.

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Pluto

__ is heat that is caused by the rubbing of two things together.

• Friction

• Fractions

• Fire

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A person who studies the stars is an __.

• Astronomer

• Scientist

• teacher

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There are 8 planets in our __.

• Universe

• solar system

• orbit

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Meteors that land on the Earth’s surface are called __.

• Craters

• Comets

• gravity

Galileo built one of the first __ to view objects in space.

• Telescopes

• Telephones

• telegraphs