Solar System Task Cards

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Which image best represents Earth?

Which image best represents Earth’s revolution?

What types of energy does the Sun provide that are essential to life on Earth?

Mechanical and sound

Light and mechanical

Thermal and sound

Thermal and light

Which image best represents the rotation of Earth?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a planet?

Sun

Earth

Mars

Venus

Which of the following is a star?

Moon

Solar System

Sun

Earth

Which of the following is Earth’s only natural satellite?

Mars

Asteroid belt

Moon

Sun

Which of the following is an inner planet?

Mars

Sun

Neptune

Jupiter

What is an orbit?

An imaginary line on which an object in space rotates

The path of revolution

The spinning of an object on is axis

An object in space that rotates

What is rotation?

A star

The movement around a body in space

Revolution

The spinning of an object on its axis

What is a satellite?

The rotation of an object in space

The orbit of an object in space

An object that revolves around a body in space

An object in space the produces its own light and heat

What is an outer planet?

Any planet that orbits the Sun

A planet with an orbit that lies outside the asteroid belt

The path of revolution

The crust of a planet

How are Earth and its moon similar?

They reflect light from the Sun.

The Sun revolves around both.

They produce their own light.

They are made of hot gases.

How are Mars and Jupiter different?

They are not different.

Mars is made of gas and Jupiter is made of rock.

Mars is a star and Jupiter is a moon.

Mars is an inner planet and Jupiter is an outer planet.

Which term can mean the same thing as revolution?

Rotation

Axis

Orbit

Star

What is the difference between inner planets and outer planets?

Inner planets include the core of the planet while outer planets include the crust.

Inner planets are inside the asteroid belt while outer planets lie outside the asteroid belt.

Inner planets are farther from the Sun while outer planets are closer to the Sun.

Which term belongs in the blank?

Natural satellite

Artificial satellite

Asteroid belt

Axis

Which list shows the planets in order from the Sun?

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

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

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

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

A diagram of the Sun-Earth-Moon system is shown below. Which body in space is represented by X?

Sun

Earth

Moon

A diagram of the Sun-Earth-Moon system is shown below. Which body in space is represented by Z?

Moon

Earth

Sun

What types of energy does the Sun provide that are essential to life on Earth?

Mechanical and sound

Light and mechanical

Thermal and sound

Thermal and light

Which of the following is NOT an example of a planet?

Sun

Earth

Mars

Venus

Which of the following is a star?

Moon

Solar System

Sun

Earth

Which of the following is Earth’s only natural satellite?

Mars

Asteroid belt

Moon

Sun

Which of the following is an inner planet?

Mars

Sun

Neptune

Jupiter

What is an orbit?

An imaginary line on which an object in space rotates

The path of revolution

The spinning of an object on is axis

An object in space that rotates

What is rotation?

A star

The movement around a body in space

Revolution

The spinning of an object on its axis

What is a satellite?

The rotation of an object in space

The orbit of an object in space

An object that revolves around a body in space

An object in space the produces its own light and heat

What is an outer planet?

Any planet that orbits the Sun

A planet with an orbit that lies outside the asteroid belt

The path of revolution

The crust of a planet

How are Earth and its moon similar?

They reflect light from the Sun.

The Sun revolves around both.

They produce their own light.

They are made of hot gases.

How are Mars and Jupiter different?

They are not different.

Mars is made of gas and Jupiter is made of rock.

Mars is a star and Jupiter is a moon.

Mars is an inner planet and Jupiter is an outer planet.

Which term can mean the same thing as revolution?

Rotation

Axis

Orbit

Star

What is the difference between inner planets and outer planets?

Inner planets include the core of the planet while outer planets include the crust.

Inner planets are inside the asteroid belt while outer planets lie outside the asteroid belt.

Inner planets are farther from the Sun while outer planets are closer to the Sun.

Which term belongs in the blank?

Natural satellite

Artificial satellite

Asteroid belt

Axis

Which list shows the planets in order from the Sun?

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

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

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

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

A diagram of the Sun-Earth-Moon system is shown below.  Which body in space is represented by X?

Sun

Earth

Moon

A diagram of the Sun-Earth-Moon system is shown below.  Which body in space is represented by Z?

Moon

Earth

Sun