Formative assessment for Celestial Bodies

Select the pair of bodies which are most alike in composition and size.

• Earth and Venus

• meteor and comet

• Earth and Neptune

• asteroid and comet

Which of these is NOT large and gaseous

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Uranus

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

What is the LARGEST planet in our solar system?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which planet in the solar system has a significant ring system?

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Venus

• Saturn

The earth orbits the sun, similar to how the moon orbits the earth.

Is the earth the only planet to orbit the sun?

• Yes, no other planets orbit the sun.

• No, one other planet also orbits the sun.

• No,seven other planets also orbit the sun.

• Yes, besides earth, only asteroids orbit the sun.

Sun - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars.

Omitting Pluto, what is the last planet in the sequence of planets in our solar system?

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Uranus

What are the four inner planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Sun, Moon, Earth, Comet, Asteroid

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mercury

What are the four outer planets

• Mars, Earth, Sun, Jupiter

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Pluto, Saturn, Moon, Stars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars