Inner and Outer planets

Multiple Choice

What do all the items in this list have in common?
1) has a day longer than its year
2 )is the hottest planet
3 )rotates counter clockwise (east to west)

• This list describes Earth.
• This list describes Mercury.
• This list describes Mars.
• This list describes Venus.

Multiple Choice

Which inner planets have at least one moon?

• Earth and Mars
• Mercury and Mars
• Earth and Jupiter
• Mars and Venus

Multiple Choice

The right combination of temperature, water, and oxygen

• affects Mars’s orbit.
• supports life on Earth.
• causes gas giants to form.
• results in storms on Venus.

Multiple Choice

the coldest inner planet.......

• mars

• earth

• mercury

• 2.5 days

Multiple Choice

The outer planets are:

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus

Multiple Choice

Which term describes the composition of the outer planets?

• rocky

• solid

• water

• gaseous

Multiple Choice

Why do the outer planets have longer years than the inner planets?

• The outer planets rotate faster than the inner planets.

• The outer planets are farther from the sun.

• The inner planets are denser and rotate slower.

• Outer planets are made of gas.

Multiple Choice

Why don't the outer planets have a separate atmosphere?

• Because they are so large.

• Because the planet's composition is the same as the atmosphere.

• Because of all the moons revolving around the planets cause the atmosphere to mix with the planet.

• Because they rotate so fast, the atmosphere blends in with the planet.