Investigating the Solar System

The four inner planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The outer planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

Which two planets are out of order in this list of our solar system?
Mercury-Earth-Venus-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Pluto.

• Mercury and Earth
• Earth and Venus
• Saturn and Jupiter
• Uranus and Neptune

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which object has the most gravity?

• Earth
• moon
• Jupiter
• sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is an astronomical unit?

• distance between the moon and earth
• distance between the earth and pluto
• distance between the earth and sun
• distance between NJ and Cali

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What pulled the matter towards the center of the nebula as the solar system was forming?

• inertia
• heat
• pressure
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The closer a planet is to the sun...

• the faster it travels
• the slower it travels

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which movement creates day/night?

• rotation
• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a common characteristic of the inner  planets?

• Gaseous
• Distance between them is longer
• Rings
• Distance between them is shorter