Inner Planets

What is the closest planet to the Sun?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Venus
• Earth 

What are the inner planets composed of?

• gases and ice
• rock and ice
• gases and rock
• rock

What are the Inner Planets in order from the sun out?

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, and Venus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

• Venus, Mercury, Earth and Mars

• Venus Earth, Mars and Mercury

Which inner planets have a moon?

• Earth and Mars

• Mercury and Mars

• Earth and Venus

• Mars and Venus

Venus was...

• a sun god
• the goddess of love
• the goddess of water
• the god of fire

How much atmosphere (air) does Mercury have?

• The whole planet is made up of atmosphere
• it has no atmosphere
• 10 miles of atmosphere
• about an inch of atmosphere

Mercury was known in ancient people's stories to be a....

• messenger of the gods
• god of fire
• sun god
• the  god of water

An Astronomer is a person who...

• studies volcanoes
• studies fire
• studies the Earth
• studies the solar system and the universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is do we think once had liquid water on it?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars
• Saturn

The planet _____ has the largest volcano in the solar system called Olympus Mons. 

• Earth
• Mars
• Venus
• Jupiter