Solar System
What is the sun?
A. Star
B. Light
C. Planet
A Star
What is the name of our galaxy?
A. Mars
B. Twix
C. Milky way
The Milky Way
Objects that orbit our sun, and made of ice, dust, and gas are called--
a. asteroids
b. meteors
c.comets
d. planets
C. comets
What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
A. Mars
B. Earth
C. Pluto
Earth
How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?
A. 24 hours
B. 30 days
C. 365 days
365 days
Which planet is known as the red planet?
A.Earth
B.Uranus
C.Mars
Mars
Who is the first person to walk on the moon?
A. Neil Armstrong
B. Mr. Bean
C. Buzz Lightyear
Neil Armstrong
What separates the four inner planets and the four outer planets?
A. An asteroid Belt
B. Some stars
C. Some Moons
A - an asteroid Belt
Energy that can travel in the form of waves.
electromagnetic radiation
How many people have landed on or orbited the moon?
a. 30
b. 27
c. 18
b. 27
Planets orbit the sun in a perfect circle?
A. Yes
B. No
No. Object's orbit is an ellipse (a stretched out circle). In a elliptical path
the sun
A ______ is round and orbits the sun. It has cleared out the region of the solar system along its orbit.
planet
Instruments that collect and focus light other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
telescopes
How many moons does earth have?
A. 10
B. 6
C. 1
D. 7
C. 1
The ____ _______ consists of the sun, planets, their moons, and a variety of smaller objects.
solar system
You can find all of these in the solar system EXCEPT-
a. planets
b.moons
c.models
d. comets
C. models
A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
Moon
How much is an astronomical unit?
a) The average distance from the Earth to the Sun
b) The distance light travels in one year
c) The distance between the Earth and the Moon
a) The average distance from the Earth to the Sun
The Mars Rover is considered a ____ _______.
Space Probe
The way scientists measure the distance between objects in the solar system (AU)
astronomical units
Name the 8 planets in our solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Loose balls of ice and rock that usually have a very long, narrow orbits.
comets
The light you can see
a. wavelength
b. spectrum
c. visible light
c. Visible light
A ___ ___ is an object that orbits the sun but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
dwarf planet