Solar System Quiz

Which of NASA's programs resulted in the first humans walking on the moon?

Which phrase best describes the characteristics of the four planets farthest from the Sun?

The inner and outer planets are separated by this:

The spinning of Earth around its axis is called _________________.

What do we call small, rocky objects that are often found in a belt between mars and jupiter?

What force holds the planets in their orbit around the sun?

Which planet would take the longest to revolve around the sun:

Space object is made of ice and dust. Also referred to as "dirty snowballs". A tail appears as it nears the sun.

Which planet will take the longest time to orbit the sun?

You can find all of these in the solar system except...

The planets farthest from the sun, outer planets, are called:

The planets of the solar system revolve around the Sun in orbits because of the Sun's gravity.

Which scientist proved the not all objects orbit Earth?

What is the shape of the orbital path of the planets?

What is stopping the moon from flying away in a straight line from Earth?

According to the mass of planets, which mass has the greatest gravitational force?

In a scale model of the solar system, ping-pong ball for the earth, which would be the best choice to model Jupiter?

What two countries were world leaders in space exploration and made exploration of space possible.

What do we call a large body of ice and rock that travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit

Mars is very similar to Earth? Which is a property of Earth but NOT of Mars?

A probe is designed to carry instruments, but no crew. Where would a probe most likely be sent?

The movement of Earth around the sun is known as Earth's ________________.

An object in space much bigger than Earth, made mostly of gas with many moons is closer to Saturn than Earth

The movement of planets, in a regular curved path around the sun is known as a planets _____.

How is the space shuttle different from previous space vehicle--Space shuttle is--

Put the following planets in order from closest to furthest from the Sun:

The four inner planets, closest to the sun, are known as:

Which planet has the shortest revolution of any planet around the sun?

The gravitational pull of the _____ helps keep all celestial objects on the correct path.

Which planet is referred to as Earth's twin?

What have you noticed that all the planets have in common as we have studied them:

Which phrase accurately describes the movement of objects in our solar system?