Characteristics of planets and moons Review 9th Grade

What is Pluto?

• Yellow dwarf

• Gas giant

• Dwarf planet

• Red dwarf

Which of these moon's surface is covered ice?

• Phobos

• Europa

• Hyperion

• Elara

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution
• tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Day and night is caused by the . . .

• revolution of Earth around the Sun
• orbit of Earth around the Moon
• rotation of earth on its axis.
• rotation of the Moon on it's axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?

• 12 hours
• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 29.5 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following lists the Earth, Sun, and Moon in order of size, from largest to smallest?

• Earth, Sun, and Moon
• Earth, Moon, and Sun
• Sun, Earth, and Moon
• Sun, Moon, and Earth
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which are the giant gas planets?

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter - farthest from the sun
• Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars - Closest to the sun 

What are the inner planets? 

• Also called terrestrial planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars  
• Also called Jovian planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What is a planet?

• A small, round object orbiting the moon
• A large object, rolling around
• A large, round object orbiting a star

What is the Sun?

• The star at the center of the solar system around which everything else rotated
• A planet that all other planets orbit
• A bright planet