Solar System Test Review

How many planets does the solar system have?

• 1

• 9

• 5

• 8

These are the 4 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are known as

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• dwarf planets

• solar planets

These are the four planets the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are classified as

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• solar planets

• the best planets

Where is the Asteroid Belt located in the Solar System?

• near Neptune

• between Mercury and Venus

• between Mars and Jupiter

• around the Sun

Choose the third planet in the solar system.

• Jupter

• Neptune

• Mars

• Earth

What is an astronomical unit?

• distance between the moon and earth
• distance between the earth and pluto
• distance between the earth and sun
• distance between NJ and Cali

A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

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

Pluto orbits the sun along with thousands of other icy and rocky debris in what is referred to as ______________.

• Orion's Belt

• the Kuiper Belt

• The Asteroid Belt

• the Fan Belt

The spinning of an object on its axis is called?

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• tide