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3rd Grade Space Unit
3rd Grade Space Unit
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facts about our solar system
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This gas, giant planet is known for its Great Red Spot.
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
2
About how many Earths could fit inside the sun?
10
1,000,000
1,000
100
3
When the Earth, the moon and the sun come in a line, the Earth's shadow covers the moon.
asteroid
lunar eclipse
constellation
solar eclipse
4
Our moon is mainly made of what two things?
gas
rock
dust
ice
5
This describes the circular path around a central body.
rotation
orbit
sliding
phases
6
This is a blue, frozen gas planet, furthest from the sun.
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
7
What is the name for a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky?
comet
meteor
asteroid
constellation
8
This planet is known for its many visible rings...
Neptune
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
9
To spin on an axis is what word?
Orbit
Rotation
Revolution
Gravity
10
How many planets our in our solar system?
6
9
7
8
11
What is the center of our solar system?
the asteroid belt
Earth
the sun
moons
12
This is the hottest planet.
Mercury
Neptune
Mars
Venus
13
This is an instrument for making distant objects appear larger and nearer...
basoon
microscope
walkie-talkie
telescope
14
Smaller objects in the sky made of rock and metal that still move around the sun
planets
stars
comets
asteroids
15
About how many days does it take for the moon to travel around the Earth?
12
365
15
30
16
The only planet that has life that we know of on it...It is called the "Goldilocks" planet.
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
17
This planet is closest to the sun.
Jupiter
Earth
Mercury
Venus
18
What two types of energy does the sun give us?
heat
wind
electrical
light
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Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.
True
False
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This planet looks red and has frozen poles...
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn