Comparatives/ Superlatives
Solar System Facts
Vocabulary
Gravity & Orbits
100
Which one means "more large?"
a. Smaller b. larger
b. larger
100
What planet is this?
It is the Earth!
100
The cars ___________ into each other.
a. crashed c. orbited
b. gravity d. planet
a. crashed
100
What force pulls objects together and pulls us down to Earth?
a. Planet c. Gravity
b. Orbit d. Gas
Gravity
200
The moon is _________ than the Earth.
a. Larger b. Smaller
c. Largest d. Smallest
b. Smaller
200
The sun is a ____________.
a. planet c. galaxy
b. moon d. star
d. star
200
When one object moves in a circle around a larger object in space.
Orbit
200
What orbits the Earth?
a. Titan c. The moon
b. The sun d. The Asteroid Belt
c. the moon
300
Jupiter is the _____________ of the 8 planets in the Solar System.
a. Smallest b. Largest
c. Larger d. Smaller
b. Largest
300
Jupiter, Saturn, and the sun are all made of ________.
Gas.
300
A ____________ is an object in space that orbits a star and does not give off its own light. Examples include Jupiter, Mars, Earth, and Saturn.
planet
300
The solar system orbits the _____________.
a. Sun c. Earth
b. Moon d. Asteroid Belt
a. Sun
400
The comparative form (-er) is for comparing ____ things. The superlative form (-est) is for comparing ____ or more things.
a. 2, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 3, 2
d. 6, 7
a. 2,3
400
In between Jupiter and Mars is the _________ Belt, which has thousands of big rocks that orbit the sun.
asteroid
400
The ____________ _______________ includes the sun, planets, and all other objects that orbit the sun.
Solar System
400
Why can Venus and Mercury not have moons?
a. They are too far away from the sun and its gravity.
b. They are too close to the sun and its gravity.
c. They are too small to have moons.
d. They are too big to have moons.
b. They are too close to the sun and its gravity.
500
Correct this sentence:
the SUN is more larger the Earth
The sun is larger than the Earth.
500
Name all 8 planets.
Mercury Jupiter
Venus Saturn
Earth Uranus
Mars Neptune
500
A _______________ is a bowl-shaped pit in the ground. It is left behind after an asteroid crashes. There is a famous one in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Crater
500
Why do Jupiter and Saturn have so many moons?
(Use the sentence frame: They have so many moons because they ____________)
EX: They have so many moons because they are very large.