Planets

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

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Which object has the most gravity?

• Earth
• moon
• Jupiter
• sun

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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

Which statement best describes a planetesimal?

• small body in space that revolves around a star
• a dwarf planet
• bodies in space that collide together to form planets
• moons

All of the outer planets--

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

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Which planets are terrestrial planets

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Asteroid belt

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