Assessment Solar System

What is the order of the planets starting with closest to the sun?

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

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

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

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

Match Definition: the sun and the group of objects that move around it

• Solar System

• Dwarf Planet

• Sun

• Asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match Definition: Millions of rock objects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt and are usually not spherical

• Comet

• Dwarf Planet

• Meteor

• Asteroids

Match Definition: made of gas, dust and ice and moves around the sun in an oval-shape orbit

• Comet

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Asteroids

Match Definition: small piece of material that burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere: called a shooting star

• Comet

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Asteroids

Match Definition: the time it takes an object to travel once around the sun

• Astronomical Unit

• Period of Revolution

• Period of Rotation

• Asteroids

Match Definition: the time it takes an object to complete one rotation, or spin on its axis

• Astronomical Unit

• Period of Revolution

• Period of Rotation

• Asteroids

Which planet rotates backwards, has clouds of acid, has no moons and has volcanic craters?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which planet has one moon, life, water and a solid surface?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which planet has the shortest year?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars