Planets

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Order the terrestrial planets from closest to farthest from the sun: Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

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Which of these correctly compares the orbits of planets around the sun? Options: Earth's orbit around the sun is the longest, Jupiter's orbit around the sun is the shortest, All the planets' orbits around the sun are similar in shape and length, Mercury and Venus have shorter orbits around the sun than Earth does.

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Mercury and Venus have shorter orbits around the sun than Earth does.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Front

Which terrestrial planets have diameters that are nearly equal in size? Options: Earth and Mars, Mars and Venus, Earth and Venus, Mars and Mercury

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Earth and Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Front

Which of these statements is true of Venus?

• Venus has two moons
• On Venus, a day is longer than a year.
• Venus is the fourth planet from the sun
• Venus is capable of supporting life

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On Venus, a day is longer than a year.

Front

What is a gas giant?

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a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere

Front

What can you conclude about the period of rotation of the gas giant planets?

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The largest gas giant planet rotates the fastest.

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On which planet would you weigh less than you would on Earth? Options: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Front

Which gas in the atmospheres of Neptune and Uranus gives them a bluish color? Options: helium, hydrogen, methane, water.

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methane

Front

How does the distance of Earth from the sun compare to the distance of the gas giant planets from the sun?

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Earth is much closer to the sun than the gas giant planets

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What property of the gas giant planets would account for their having more moons than the number of moons that orbit the Earth?

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Gas giants are more massive than Earth and thus have greater gravitational forces, so they could attract more objects.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4