Our Solar System has One Star - The Sun

Question 1

What is our solar system?

Answer 1

All the stuff that orbits the sun

Question 2

Planets -

Answer 2

Large objects that orbit a star. The right planets in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Question 3

Dwarf planets -

Answer 3

E.g pluto - planet-like objects that aren’t big enough to be planets

Question 4

Moons -

Answer 4

Orbit planets with almost circular orbits

Type of natural satellite (not man-made)

Question 5

Artificial satellites -

Answer 5

Usually orbit the Earth in fairy circular orbits

Question 6

Asteroids -

Answer 6

Lumps of rock and metal that orbit the sun. Usually found in the asteroid belt

Question 7

Comets -

Answer 7

Lumps of ice and dust that orbit the sun. Orbits are usually highly elliptical - some travel from near to the Sun to the outskirts of our solar system