What is the third planet from the sun?

1. Jupiter

2. Earth

3. Venus

What is the Red Planet?

1. Uranus

2. Pluto

3. Mars

Which candy bar is in outer space?

1. Snickers

2. Baby Ruth

3. Milky Way

What is the Latin name for the sun?

1. Smilax

2. Rubram

3. Sol

The body that supplies heat and light to the small planet we call Earth is?

1. Star

2. Asteroid

3. Moon

What objects gravitational pull is so great that nothing – not even light can escape from it?

1. Black Hole

2. Vortex

3. Shooting Star

Based on their average distance from the Sun, what is the order of the planets?

1. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

2. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

3. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, Neptune

The name of a small object made of ice, frozen gas, and dust that orbits the sun is?

1. Comet

2. Meteorite

3. Asteroid

How long does it take the earth to go around the sun?

1. One Day

2. One Month

3. One Year

What best describes a “falling star”?

1. A flaming ball of gas

2. A star streaking across the sky near the Earth

3. A tiny rock vaporizing as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere

Which planet has a surface and atmosphere most like the Earth?

1. Mars

2. Neptune

3. Mercury

What is the brightest star in the night sky at any time?

1. Sirius

2. Orion

3. Venus

A natural satellite that orbits a planet?

1. Star

2. Sun

3. Moon

About how many stars are in our galaxy?

1. 200 billion

2. 200 thousand

3. 2 million

Which planet is referred to as the “planet of oceans”?

1. Venus

2. Earth

3. Mars

Which planet has the strongest winds?

1. Neptune

2. Earth

3. Mars

Meteoroids that hurtle into the atmosphere as streaks of light are?

1. Comets

2. Shooting stars

3. Asteroids

Which planets have rings around them?

1. Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune

2. Earth, Pluto, Mercury, Mars

3. Venus, Mars, Uranus, Saturn