Inner vs Outer Planets

Very few moons

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Gas giants

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Shorter revolutions

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Small diameter

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Terrestrial planets

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Asteroid belt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Solid, rocky surface

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the correct order of the planets from the sun? 

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

All of the following planets have rings, EXCEPT--

• Saturn
• Venus
• Uranus
• Neptune

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