Components of Solar System

Our Solar System includes the following:

• The Sun, 9 Planets, Asteroid Belt and many moons

• The Sun, 8 Planets, one moon and the Asteroid Belt

• The Sun, 9 Planets, one moon and the asteroid belt

• The Sun, 8 Planets, Many Moons, Comets and the Asteroid Belt

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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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What is included in the term "cosmic neighborhood"?

• Only the Sun

• Only the Earth

• Planets, moons, meteors, asteroids, and comets

• Only stars

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5) Match the following locations with where they are in the Solar System.

• icy objects beyond Neptune

• Kuiper Belt

• a "cloud" of rock VERY far from our SS

• Orbits

• narrow paths around the Sun

• Oort Clouds

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Choose components of our solar system.

• planets

• moons

• asteroids

• comets

• sun

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What are large chunks of rocks and metal in space?

• Earth

• comet

• asteroids

• gibbous

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The chart describes characteristics of an object in space. What is the object?

• a moon

• a planet

• an asteroid

• a comet

How many moons does Earth have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which of the following is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

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What is the primary component of the Sun?

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon

• Nitrogen