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
The planet closest to the sun is
a. asteroids
b. Mars
c. Mercury
d. Venus
C. Mercury
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. 365days
365 days
Which planet is known as the red planet?
A.Earth
B.Uranus
C.Mars
Mars
Which gas atoms are fused together in the Sun to make Helium?
Hydrogen
What are our inner planets called?
A. Terrestrial Planets
B. Gas Giants
C. Territorial Planets
A - Terrestrial Planets
What is the atmosphere made of?
A. Air
B. Dust
C. Stars
a) Air
Solar Eclipse is when the moon blocks the sunlight from the Earth. True/False
True
How does the moon get light?
A. It creates its own light
B. It reflects light from the sun
C. It uses light from the stars
B. It reflects light from the sun
What is the sun made of?
A. Dust
B. Gas
C. Stars
B. Gas
If the Earth spun around its axis slowly, what would happen?
We would have longer day and night cycle.
Earth is the only planet in our solar system that supports life. Which condition on Earth support life?
A. presence of water
c. hot temps
d. distance from the sun
A
How long does it take for Earth to do one full rotation?
A. 365 days
B. 24 hours
C. 7 days
24 hours.
Earth's rotation causes day and night.
True or False
True
You can find all of these in the solar system EXCEPT-
a. planets
b.moons
c.models
d. comets
C. models
Why would it be more difficult for the astronauts to run while they are in space?
a. Lack of gravity
b. running in a spacesuit
c. its too hot in space
d. its too cold in socae
A. Lack of gravity
What causes seasons on Earth?
a. The sun moving
b. Earth's tilt on the axis
c. Earth's gravity
b. Earth's tilt on the axis
False!
Lunar Eclipse is when Earth blocks sunlight from the moon.
What is at the center of the Universe in the heliocentric model?
Name the 8 planets in our solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Which object has the most gravity?
A. sun
b. Jupiter
c.earth
d. moon
A. Sun. It is the most massive object in our solar system
What is Nuclear Fusion?
Nuclear fusion is when two atoms are fused or joined together to make one atom.
If the Earth wasn't tilted, what would happen?
We wouldn't have seasons.