6.1.3 Inner vs outer planets

Which is considered to be "Earth's Twin" because it is almost the same size?

• Uranus
• Mercury
• Mars
• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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

What planet is the largest?

• Mercury
• Neptune
• Jupiter
• Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which groups of planets has shorter revolutions

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Neptune and Saturn

Mars’s volcanoes are larger than those of Earth because Mars

• is so close to the sun.
• is a much older planet.
• has a thicker lava flow.
• has no moving tectonic plates.

Impact craters are caused by

• solar bursts.
• atmospheric changes.
• exploding volcanoes.
• collisions with objects in space.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is NOT true of the planet Pluto?

• It has methane icecaps.
• It orbits the sun in an ellipse.
• It is not a gas giant.
• It is a large planet.

The least dense planet in the solar system is

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Neptune
• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following separates the outer planets from the inner planets?

• Asteroid Belt
• Great Red Spot
• Kuiper Belt