Inner and Outer Planets

What are the inner and outer planets?

By John Braendeholm

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Which planet is the smallest?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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Which is considered to be "Earth's Twin" because it is almost the same size?

• Uranus
• Mercury
• Mars
• Venus

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All of the inner planets--

• have rings
• are rocky
• have deep atmospheres
• are large

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What is the correct order of the planets from the sun? 

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. 
• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 

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The sun is a...

• planet
• star
• asteroid
• moon

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Which planet is the hottest?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Neptune

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All of the following planets have rings, EXCEPT--

• Saturn
• Venus
• Uranus
• Neptune

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All of the outer planets--

• have many moons
• are small
• have a short orbit around the Sun
• are rocky

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What planet is the largest?

• Mercury
• Neptune
• Jupiter
• Uranus

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Located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

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Nicknamed the 'red planet'.

• Venus
• Mercury
• Jupiter
• Mars

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Which group of planets have shorter years?

• inner

• outer