6th ES Our Solar System 4.2

What are 2 things you already know about the Solar System?​

Open Ended

What are 2 things you already know about the Solar System?

Multiple Select

Select ALL the ways that gravity affected the formation of the Solar System.

• pulls matter toward the center to form a star

• pulls planets toward the Sun

• shapes the planets and stars into spheres

• keeps the planets from being pulled into the Sun

Multiple Choice

What is wrong about this scale model?

• Jupiter and Saturn aren't actually that much bigger than the other planets

• There aren't asteroids between the inner and outer planets

• The planets are not that close to each other.

Multiple Choice

What is #1 pointing to?

• the inner planets

• the outer planets

• the Sun

• meteors

Multiple Choice

What is #2 pointing to?

• the inner planets

• the outer planets

• the Sun

• meteors

Multiple Choice

What is #3 pointing to?

• the inner planets

• the outer planets

• the Sun

• meteors

Multiple Choice

I am an inner planet that rotates in the opposite direction of Earth. I have clouds of sulfuric acid and an average temperature of 864 degrees F.

Which planet am I?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

I am an outer planet that is lying on its side. I rotate faster than Earth, but 1 year on me is equal to 84 Earth years.

Which planet am I?

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

True or False

Dwarf planet is just another name for a moon.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which celestial body is described as a piece of rock that is too small to become a planet or dwarf planet and is irregularly shaped?

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

Multiple Choice

Which celestial body is described as a natural satellite that orbits a planet?

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

Multiple Choice

Which celestial body is described as a bright streak of light that form as a rock from space burns when it passes through Earth's atmosphere?

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor