Grade 2 Earth Science: Solar System Challenge Practice

Solar System Challenge Practice

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Grade 2 Earth Science: Solar System Challenge Practice

Solar System Challenge Practice

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Grade: Grade 2

Subject: Earth Science

Topic: Solar System

Time: 20 Minutes

Difficulty: Medium

Questions: 15

Instructions:
Read each question carefully. Write your answers in the space provided or say them aloud with a partner. Start with the easy questions and keep going—each one gets a little harder!

Skills Practiced:

Solar System
Earth Science
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving

1Question

What do we call the group of planets that includes Earth?

2Question

Which object do we live on: the Sun or Earth?

3Question

What is the name of the big star at the center of our solar system?

4Question

How many planets are in our solar system?

5Question

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

6Question

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

7Question

Which planet do people sometimes call the Blue Planet because it has lots of water?

8Question

Put these in order from closest to farthest from the Sun: Earth, Mercury, Mars.

9Question

Which is bigger: a planet or a moon?

10Question

What do we call the path a planet takes as it goes around the Sun?

11Question

Name one planet that is larger than Earth.

12Question

Why is the Sun important for Earth? Give one reason.

13Question

Which two planets are closest to Earth: Venus and Mars, or Jupiter and Saturn?

14Question

If a planet is far from the Sun, is it usually warmer or colder than a planet close to the Sun?

15Question

Explain in one sentence why the Sun and planets are important to our solar system.

Answer Key

#	Answer
1	The solar system
2	Earth
3	The Sun
4	Eight
5	Mercury
6	Mars
7	Earth
8	Mercury, Earth, Mars
9	A planet
10	An orbit
11	Jupiter or Saturn or Uranus or Neptune
12	It gives Earth light and heat
13	Venus and Mars
14	Colder
15	The Sun gives light and heat, and the planets move around it in the solar system