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Information About The Sun Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars And The Asteroid Belt. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Name the planet that is rocky, has no moons and is the hottest in the Solar System.
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

What object orbits the Earth?
a) Sun
b) moon
c) Mercury
d) Venus

Name the planet that has liquid water in all three states?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Marrs

A planets orbit depends on......
a) the age of the planet
b) the magnetic field of the planet
c) the composition of the planet
d) a gravitational force between the Sun and the planet

What celestial body in our solar system has the most gravitational pull?
a) Jupiter
b) Earth
c) Sun
d) moon

What planet has water, oxygen, poles and is rocky?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

What is considered the center of the Solar System?
a) Sun
b) moon
c) Earth
d) Pulsar

All planetary orbits are......
a) elliptical
b) spherical
c) circular
d) egg shaped

Where is the asteroid belt located?
a) between Earth and Mars
b) between Mercury and Venus
c) between Venus and Earth
d) between Mars and Jupiter

Which is the correct order of the inner planets?
a) Mercury Venus Mars Earth
b) Mercury Mars Venus Earth
c) Mercury Earth Venus Mars
d) Mercury Venus Earth Mars

The moon is held inn orbit around the Earth by.....
a) friction
b) gravitational force
c) reflection of sunlight
d) lunar thrust

Gravity decreases with.....
a) mass
b) speed
c) distance
d) accelleration

Which is NOT an effect of gravity?
a) earth orbiting the sun
b) the moon orbiting the earth
c) meteorites falling to the Earth
d) energy travelling form the sun to the earth

Which is a direct effect of gravity?
a) earth spins on its axis
b) earth orbits the sun
c) earth reflects sunlight
d) earth emits infrared radiation

Where is most of the hydrogen and helium in the Solar System found?
a) the space between planets
b) atmosphere of the outer planets
c) Ooart cloud
d) the Sun

Gravity is a force of....?
a) repulsion
b) rotation
c) attraction
d) revolution

What force holds planets in orbit around the sun?
a) static
b) gravity
c) magnetism
d) nuclear power

A small rocky object orbiting the sun is called a (n)....
a) galaxy
b) moon
c) asteroid
d) comet

Gravity increases with.....
a) distance
b) speed
c) mass
d) acceleration

A solar system is defined as......
a) a group of objects that orbits a star
b) a group of stars that are orbiting other stars
c) an object orbiting any other object
d) an object orbiting a planetary body

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