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Grade 2 Inner Planets
What is Venus made of?
  1. Rock
  2. Ice
  3. None of the above.
Grade 2 Sun
The Sun provides Earth with what two things?
Grade 2 Outer Planets
What does Saturn have around it?
  1. moons
  2. rings
  3. both of the above
Grade 2 Inner Planets
The planet closest to the Sun is           Mercury          .
Grade 2 Inner Planets
We live on planet         Earth        .
Grade 2 Planetary Motion
How long does it take Earth to orbit around the Sun?
Grade 2 Planetary Motion
               is when Earth spins on its own axis.
  1. Imaginary line
  2. Movement
  3. Rotation
  4. Line
Grade 2 Sun
          The Sun          is Earth's main source of light.
Grade 2 Planetary Motion
The path Earth makes around the Sun is called the                 .
  1. axis
  2. rotation
  3. counterclockwise
  4. orbit
Grade 2 Planetary Motion
Which way does Earth rotate?
  1. clockwise
  2. to the left
  3. to the right
  4. counterclockwise
Grade 2 Universe
Our solar system is a part of what galaxy?

            Milky Way            
Grade 2 Inner Planets
Which planet is called the evening star?
        Venus        
Grade 2 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What are rocks that have fallen from space to Earth called?
  1. Meteorites
  2. Stalagmites
  3. Pebbles
  4. Space rocks
Grade 2 Sun
          The Sun           is the star at the center of our solar system.
Grade 2 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto is the smallest planet.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 2 Outer Planets
List the planets that are larger than Earth.

          Jupiter          
         Saturn         
         Uranus         
          Neptune          
Grade 2 Inner Planets
List the planets that are smaller than Earth.

          Mercury          
        Venus        
       Mars       
Grade 2 The Moon
The ball of rock that orbits Earth is the        moon       .
Grade 2 The Moon
The large holes in the Moon made by space rocks are called           craters          .
Grade 2 Sun
The star that gives Earth light and heat is the       sun      .
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