Planets

Front

Which planets are inner planets? Options: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, and Uranus, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Front

Who is correct about the classification of Mars and Uranus as planets? Ira says that both are gaseous planets. Chloe says that Mars is a rocky planet and Uranus is gaseous.

Back

Chloe is correct because Mars is an inner planet with a rocky surface and Uranus is an outer planet that is made up of gases.

Front

What evidence taken from the data above can be used to support the claim, "Uranus is located further from the sun than Earth?"

Back

It takes Earth one year to make one orbit around the sun while it takes Uranus 84 years to make one orbit around the sun.

Front

Which planet has the hottest surface temperature? Options: Neptune, Earth, Jupiter, Venus

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Venus

Front

The table lists information about five planets in the solar system. Which planets are most likely outer planets?

Back

Planets 1 and 4

Front

Sue and Tom were drawing conclusions based off of the data represented in the graph above. Sue says that from the graph she can tell that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all outer planets. Tom says that cannot be determined just by looking at the data in the graph. Who is correct and why?

Back

Sue is correct because outer planets have more moons than inner planets.

Front

Analyzing the pattern of data above, what do you predict about the distance of Uranus from the sun?

Back

Uranus is further than Saturn but closer than Neptune from the sun.

Front

Using the table below, how many planets are made of rock, have no moons, and no rings?

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2

Front

Which statement is best supported by evidence from the graph? Options: All the outer planets are smaller than all the inner planets., The inner planets and the outer planets are the same size., All the inner planets are smaller than all the outer planets., Only two of the outer planets are larger than the inner planets.

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All the inner planets are smaller than all the outer planets.

Front

What claim can be supported with evidence from the data below? Options: All outer planets have rotations that are less than a day on Earth., All outer planets have more than 20 moons., It takes Jupiter 10 years to orbit the sun., Uranus is the farthest planet from the sun.

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All outer planets have rotations that are less than a day on Earth.