The Solar System: Inner & Outer Planets

A celestial body that moves elliptically orbit around a star is called

• asteroid

• planet

• comet

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of the following is NOT a physical characteristic of the Inner planets?

• Terrestrial, rocky

• shorter revolutions

• less dense

• closer together

Force of attraction between objects that is due to our masses and the distance between them is

• gravity

• weight

• elliptical

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following correctly list the Galilean moons?

• Lo, Callisto, Titan, Ganymede

• Europa, Demos, Ganymede, Briar

• Ganymede, Titan, Europa,

• Europa, Callisto, Lo. Ganymede

Polar ice caps, carbonated rocks high in Iron creates red color is a characteristic of what planet?

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mars

• Neptune

A small body of ice, dust, and rock that elliptically orbits the sun is

• asteroid

• metorite

• asteroid belt

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

3rd planet from the Sun that is only planet known to be 2/3 water with living organisms

• Earth

• Venus

• Saturn

• Pluto

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is NOT a physical characteristic of the Gas Giants?

• Longer revolutions, deep atmospheres

• all of the gas giants have rings

• Shorter revolutions, located inside asteroid belt

• less known about them

How many moons are combined totally in the inner planets?

• four

• three

• five

• thirty

This planet has no atmosphere, is 430 degrees during the day and -190 degrees at night.

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Mars

• Mercury