Earth or Venus, where will you weigh more and why?

Earth, because Earth has more gravity

Why do scientists think Uranus is tilted on its side?

It was hit by another object in space tipping it on its axis

From where does Neptune get its name?

Inspired from the Roman God of the sea

Jupiter's surface looks like it has “stripes” because

there are powerful storms on the surface

Why does Neptune have a beautiful blue colour?

From the helium and methane gases in it’s atmosphere

The planet Mars has seasons because

It is tilted on an axis like Earth

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Grade 3 Open House The Sun shapes our Solar System

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1
Jupiter has rings. True or False
False
True
2
Why does Mercury have an elliptical orbit?
Due to the aliens that they think live there
Due to the colossal ball of metal at its centre
Due to the pull of gravity
Due to the astroid that once knocked into it
3
Earth or Venus, where will you weigh more and why?
Venus, because Venus has more gravity
We will weigh the same because they have the same gravity
None of the above
Earth, because Earth has more gravity
4
Why do scientists think Uranus is tilted on its side?
That is how it was formed
It likes to show off for the other planets
It is not completely round
It was hit by another object in space tipping it on its axis
5
From where does Neptune get its name?
From a cat found on the planet
A set of dust from Neptune’s moons.
Inspired from the Roman God of the sea
From the gas methane
6
Why are Saturn’s rings more visible than other Gas Giants?
Saturn’s rings are the biggest and the brightest
Saturn has about 10, 000 rings around it
all of the above
The ice in the rings reflects light.
7
Which planet in our Solar System is the least dense?
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Dwarf Pluto
8
Jupiter's surface looks like it has “stripes” because
there are powerful storms on the surface
it is a gas giant
it is the biggest planet
it has rings
9
Why does Neptune have a beautiful blue colour?
From the helium and methane gases in it’s atmosphere
From a wicked spell from long ago
From the rocks found on the planet
From a cloud that gets blown around creating blue shadows
10
The planet Mars has seasons because
It has an atmosphere like Earth
It is tilted on an axis like Earth
There might have been water once on Mars
The dust storms affect the weather
11
How many Earth years would it take for Pluto to orbit the sun?
150 Earth years
550 Earth years
50 Earth years
250 Earth years

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