Our Solar System

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

1. Question 1

   What is at the centre of our solar system?

   • Jupiter
   • Earth
   • the Sun
   • the Moon
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2. Question 2

   What causes the Moon’s phases?

   • Earth's shadow on the Moon each night
   • the Moon changes size
   • clouds cover it
   • we see different amounts of its sunlit half as it orbits Earth
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3. Question 3

   What are Jupiter and Saturn mostly made of?

   • water only
   • rock and metal
   • hydrogen and helium
   • sand
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4. Question 4

   What causes day and night?

   • Earth orbiting the Sun
   • Earth rotating on its axis
   • the Moon blocking the Sun
   • clouds
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5. Question 5

   What is a lunar eclipse?

   • the Sun goes out
   • the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun
   • Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon
   • the Moon explodes
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6. Question 6

   What is the Sun’s energy source?

   • nuclear fusion
   • electricity
   • burning coal
   • chemical batteries
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