5th - Science Unit 8 Lesson 3

Question 0

What is a star and the objects that orbit it?

Answer 0

Solar System

Question 1

What is a large object that orbits a star and does not produce its own light?

Answer 1

Planet

Question 2

What is a large object that orbits the Sun and is closer to the Sun than the asteroid belt?

Answer 2

Inner Planet

Question 3

What is a large object that orbits the Sun and is beyond the asteroid belt?

Answer 3

Outer Planet

Question 4

What is a mixture of ice, frozen gases, rock, and dust left over from the formation of the solar system?

Answer 4

Comet

Question 5

What is one so many small, rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter?

Answer 5

Asteroid

Question 6

What is a chuck of rock from space that travel through Earth’s atmosphere?

Answer 6

Meteor

Question 7

What is a natural object that orbits a planet?

Answer 7

Moon

Question 8

What is the order of the planets beginning with the Sun?

Answer 8

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Question 9

Name the inner planets.

Answer 9

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Question 10

Name the outer planets.

Answer 10

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune