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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Why do the planets orbit the sun?

• They don't, the planets orbit the Earth

• The sun is so small that it has a very small gravitational pull

• 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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What are the four terrestrial planets (also known as the inner planets)?

(Put them in order starting from the sun!)​​ (a)   ​,​ (b)   ,​ (c)   ​ , (d)   ​

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

A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________. This is the force that allows planets, asteroids, and comets to orbit around the sun.

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

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Match the location and image to the vocabulary words

Groups:

(a) Asteroid Belt

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(b) Kuiper Belt

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(c) Oort Cloud

• Location: Between Mars and Jupiter

• Location: At the edge of our solar system

• Location: After Neptune

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How many planets are in our Solar System?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

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Which option below lists the planets in the correct order from the Sun?

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 
• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptume
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

What are the inner planets (also known as the terrestrial planets)?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth
• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn

What are the outer planets (also, known as Jovian planets)?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
• Mercury, Venus, Earth
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus 

What is the habitable zone?

• a vehicle propelled by the exhaust made from burning fuel
• an area that is just the right distance from the sun, or other star, that it is not too hot or too cold & could be able to support life

• matter that contains carbon which includes all living things
• the study of the origin, development, distribution, and future of life on Earth and in the universe

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