The Solar System Quiz

What do you call a large object orbiting a star

• Planet

• Moon

• Asteroid

• Sun

What do you call a star that is dense and is made up of hot gases?

• Moon

• Asteroid

• Sun

• Universe

What do you call masses that orbit around a planet?

• Asteroids

• Moons

• Sun

• Universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

______________ are large metallic objects that are clustered in bands called belts

• Moons

• Asteroids

• Suns

• Rings

_____________- are the four largest satellites that orbit Jupiter

• planets

• Moons

• Comets

• asteroids

Large distant planets, like Neptune can have an ______________ that takes many Earth years to complete.

• revolution

• mass

• orbit

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

______________. holds celestial objects in orbit

• moons

• gravity

• comets

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The inner planets are small and ____________

• rocky

• gaseous

• hot

• cold

The outer planets are _____________

• rocky

• gaseous

• hot

• cold