Solar System Comp 3

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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Which planet is NOT one of the

"Gas Giants"?

• Uranus

• Venus

• Neptune

• Saturn

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

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Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation

How long ago was our solar system formed?

• 10 million years ago

• 4.6 million years ago

• 4.6 billion years ago

• 2 billion years ago

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the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

• Aristarchus

• accretion

• nebula

• heliocentric system

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Which planet is the largest?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Pluto

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Why is making a model of the solar system difficult?

• Don't have the right materials

• The solar system is so big and the objects in it are so small in comparison

• There are too many parts in a model

• Because the science concepts are too difficult

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