1. Learning About Our Solar System
Created by Gina Groover
West Ottawa Public Schools
Feb. 2011
Property of West Ottawa Public Schools

2. Question 1: What is Earth’s axis?
An imaginary line that goes through Earth
A line around the Equator
The path we travel around the sun

3. Question 2: What are seasons caused by?
Earth’s rotation on its axis
The moon’s revolution around Earth
Earth’s tilt on its axis

4. Question 3: How long does it take Earth to rotate on its axis one time?
One month
One day
One year

5. Question 4: How often does Earth orbit the sun?
Once every day
Once every month
Once every year

6. Question 5: Why do we see the moon?
Sunlight reflects off the moon’s surface.
The moon makes its own light.
The sun revolves around the moon.

7. Question 6: What do we call the changes we see in the moon?
Phases of the moon
A full moon
A new moon

8. Question 7: What phase is the moon in when we cannot see it at all?
Quarter moon
New moon
Full moon

9. Question 8: What happens during a lunar eclipse?
The moon is between the sun and the Earth.
The moon is very bright.
The Earth blocks the moon so we cannot see it.

10. Question 9: What causes tides to rise and fall in Earth’s oceans?
The pull of the moon’s gravity
The number of ships that are in the water
The rotation of Earth on its axis

11. Question 10: Which is the correct order from smallest to largest?
Sun, moon, solar system, Earth
Earth, sun, moon, solar system
Moon, Earth, sun, solar system

12. Question 11: How many planets are in our solar system?
Nine
Eight
Seven

13. Question 12: What is in the center of our solar system and is the largest body in our solar system?
The Earth
Jupiter
The sun

14. Question 13: Which planet is the only one that can support life?
Earth
Venus
Mars

15. Question 14: What objects other than planets are part of our solar system?
Dwarf planets, Earth, and the moon
Asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets
Comets, the Milky Way, and Mercury

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