Third Grade Solar System - Nancy Larson

Question 1

True or False: The planets orbit the Earth.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What is true about asteroids?

Accepted Answer

They are irregularly shaped, rocky objects., They can be found anywhere in our solar system.

Question 3

What is a meteor?

Accepted Answer

a rocky object that enters the Earth's atmosphere

Question 4

Where are most of the asteroids in our solar system located?

Accepted Answer

between Mars and Jupiter

Question 5

What are asteroids?

Accepted Answer

rocky objects

Question 6

What is the shape of a comet's orbit around the sun?

Accepted Answer

elliptical

Question 7

What is true about meteors?

Accepted Answer

They become hot and glow., They are not stars.

Question 8

What is true about comets?

Accepted Answer

They're made of dust, small rocks, ice, & other frozen gases, They are sometimes called a "dirty snowball."

Question 9

True or False: Jupiter is closer to the Sun than Neptune.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What do terrestrial planets and gas giants have in common?

Accepted Answer

They both orbit and rotate.

Question 11

What is true about terrestrial planets?

Accepted Answer

They have rocky surfaces.

Question 12

Which is true about Jupiter?

Accepted Answer

gas surface and rings

Question 13

What happens when a comet comes close to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

It develops a tail.

Question 14

Which of these planets orbits the Sun in the least amount of time?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 15

What are large objects that orbit the sun called?

Accepted Answer

planets

Question 16

What is the name for the four planets that orbit closest to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

inner planets

Question 17

What is the bowl-shaped dent caused by a meteor called?

Accepted Answer

crater

Question 18

True or False: Venus is closer to the Sun than Mars.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

What is a meteor called after it hits Earth?

Accepted Answer

meteorite

Question 20

How many planets are in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

8

Questions 20