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What are planets?

What are planets?

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Science

5th - 6th Grade

Practice Problem

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-3, MS-PS2-4

Standards-aligned

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Mike Cummings

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16 Slides • 12 Questions

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What are planets?

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A star and all of the objects that revolve around it is known as;

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A sun

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A galaxy

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A solar system

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The Universe

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Multiple Choice

Which is not a way that our planets are divided by.

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Location

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Make up

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Size

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Color

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a major planet?

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Mercury

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Eris

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Jupiter

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Uranus

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Multiple Choice

Which order of the inner planets is correct.

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Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth

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Earth, Venus, Mercury, and Mars

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Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth

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Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the inner planets?

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Their giant size

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Not having rings

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Very few moons

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Made of rock

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Multiple Choice

What is not a characteristic of the outer planets?

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All have rings

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Have many moons

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Their giant size

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Made primarily of rock

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Multiple Choice

What do we call a two star solar system?

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Double star system

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Binary star system

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A solar system

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There is no such thing

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Multiple Choice

The asteroid belt is located between...

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Jupiter and Saturn

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Earth and Mars

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Neptune and Pluto

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Mars and Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

The Kuiper Belt is found outside of...

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Mars

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Neptune

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Uranus

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Earth

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are dwarf planets?

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Pluto

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Eris

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Luna

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Makemake

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Pluto being a dwarf planet?

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Its elongated elliptical orbit

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Its small size

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Its tilted orbit

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Its distance from the Sun

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Multiple Choice

Our solar system is surrounded by space debris and ice, it is known as the;

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Solar Cloud

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Art Cloud

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Oort Cloud

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Cumulus Cloud

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