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Solar System~3rd Grade
Solar System~3rd Grade
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What star is closest to the Earth?
Moon
Sun
Castor
Sirius
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How many stars are in the big dipper?
4
7
1
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Which two planets do not have moons?
Mercury and Venus
Venus and Jupiter
Mercury and Earth
Neptune and Mercury
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How long does it take the sun’s light to reach Earth?
8 minutes
3 days
1 month
2 hours
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Which is the hottest planet?
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Mars
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What planet is closest to the sun?
Venus
Earth
Neptune
Mercury
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How long does it take Earth to orbit around the sun?
365 days
24 hours
364 days
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Where is the North Star located?
90 miles from North Pole
Below the North Pole and left of Earth
directly over the North Pole of the Earth
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What is the Earth’s biggest satellite?
milky way
the moon
sun
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Who were the first two people to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Neil Aldrin and Buzz Armstrong
Neil Buzz and Buzz Armstrong
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Name the 5 space shuttles built in America.
Atlantis, Discovery, Columbia, Triumph, Galactica
Discovery, Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, and Endeavor
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How far away is the sun?
10 feet
29 thousand miles
100 million miles
93 million miles
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Which two planets are closest to Earth?
Mars and Saturn
Venus and Mars
Venus and Earth
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What was the name of the first man-made satellite inspace?
Sputnik
Spike
Spontik
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What’s a blue moon?
the second full moon in a month
the third full moon in a month
the first full moon in a month
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Name all of the planets in order, from closest to the sun tofarthest away.
Saturn, Uranus,Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus,Neptune
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What is another name for the “North Star”?
Upstar
SkyDog
Polaris
Brightstar
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Which is the smallest planet?
Earth (Pluto is not a planet anymore)
Pluto
Mercury (Pluto’s not a planet anymore)
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What is the big red spot on Jupiter?
a sun
a moon
a giant wind storm
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Which planet is nicknamed the “Cloudy Planet”?
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
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How long does it take the Earth to rotate/spin all the wayaround?
1 month
365 days
24 hours
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What is a satellite?
a ship that orbits a planet
Anything that orbits a planet.
a ring that orbits a planet
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What is the name of our galaxy?
Hershey
Reeces
Milky Way
Snickers
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Which planet spins on its side?
Mercury
Mars
Uranus
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Why is Venus hotter than Mercury?
The air conditioner is set to 65 degrees
It rains all the time
There is snow on Mercury
Clouds cover the planet and keep heat in
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Which planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet”?
Mars
Earth
Saturn
