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The Outer Planets

The Outer Planets

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Science

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6th Grade

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Easy

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Randy Griffith

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22 Slides • 20 Questions

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The Outer Planets

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What is the fifth planet from the Sun (and the biggest planet)?

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Earth

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Jupiter

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Pluto

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Mercury

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What do scientists think the red spot in a zone of Jupiter is?

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Just a spot

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Land

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A giant gas storm

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Place for humans to live

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Multiple Choice

This planet rotates the fastest.

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Neptune

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Saturn

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Uranus

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Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

This planet is home to the Great Red Spot.

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Saturn

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Uranus

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Neptune

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Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

This planet has the most moons in our solar system.

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Jupiter

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Saturn

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Uranus

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Neptune

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Multiple Choice

What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

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The Sun

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The Asteroid Belt

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The Inner Planets

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Multiple Choice

What separates the Inner Planets and Outer Planets?

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Mars

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Asteroid Belt

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Nothing

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Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

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I have beautiful rings, I am a gas giant and I am the sixth planet from the sun. Who am I?

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Jupiter

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Uranus

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Neptune

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Saturn

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Multiple Choice

Why does Uranus look blue-green?

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Rocks

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It just does

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Methane Gas

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We don't know

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Multiple Choice

How does Uranus spin?

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Normally like Earth

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On it's side

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Upside down

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Backwards

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Multiple Choice

What is the position of Uranus in relation to the Sun?

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Second

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Fourth

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Seventh

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Eighth

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Multiple Choice

What makes the Outer Planets different than the Inner Planets?

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They're made of rock and move slow

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They don't exsist

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They're made of gas and move fast

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They're made of gas and rock and move fast

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Multiple Choice

This planet has the strongest winds in our solar system.

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Jupiter

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Saturn

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Neptune

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Uranus

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Multiple Choice

What planet takes the longest to orbit the sun?

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Uranus

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Jupiter

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Neptune

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Saturn

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Multiple Choice

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What is the correct order of the outer planets?

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Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus

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Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

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Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter

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Which gas giant has the Great Dark Spot?

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Jupiter

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Saturn

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Uranus

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Neptune

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The asteroid belt can be found between which two planets?
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Earth and Mars
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Venus and Earth
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Saturn and Uranus
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Mars and Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

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It's too tiny

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We didn't like it anymore

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It's just a rock

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It's too large

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Multiple Choice

These two planets are ice giants

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Jupiter and Saturn

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Saturn & Neptune

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Neptune & Uranus

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Multiple Choice

What is Pluto now classified as?

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a star

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a minor planet

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dwarf planet

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