Question

Review the script Mona used for her presentation about the solar system.

Mars is one of the planets in the solar system. It is near Earth, and there are some robotic machines exploring Mars. There might be life on the Red Planet. Other planets include Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Uranus, and Neptune. Earth is a planet too, and it is the third planet from the Sun. The sun is in the middle of the solar system which is part of the Milky Way which is a galaxy in the universe. Planets go orbiting around the sun in circles, and orbit means go around. Is there life on other planets? We don’t know, but there probably is.

Which of the following would be an appropriate summary of the presentation?

The solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy, and it includes planets that orbit the sun.

Mars is the closest planet to Earth, and Earth is the third planet from the sun.

There is probably alien life on other planets, and it has already been found on Mars.

Planets orbit the sun, and the solar system is a group of planets that orbit the Milky Way.

Answer 1

"The solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy, and it includes planets that orbit the sun."

This correctly captures the main points. The other choices introduce incorrect or unsupported claims (Mars being the closest to Earth, life already found on Mars, or planets orbiting the Milky Way).