Solar System Check 1

There are _________ planets in our solar system.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

___________ are objects made of ice, dust, and rocks that orbit the Sun.

• dwarf planets

• comets

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort Cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The _________ is a region between the planets Mars and Jupiter containing thousands of rocky objects that orbit the Sun.

• dwarf planets

• comets

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Each planet orbits or ______ around the Sun.

• rotates

• revolves

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Which planet is called "Earth's twin" because it is nearly the same size, density, and mass?

• Mars
• Mercury
• Venus
• Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

________________ is the least dense planet in our solar system.

• Earth
• Mercury
• Saturn
• Jupiter

The closest planet to the sun is ________________________.

• Earth
• Venus
• Mercury
• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What's the largest planet?

• Saturn

• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

________________ spins on its side unlike the other planets which spin perpendicular to their revolutions.

• Neptune
• Earth
• Uranus
• Jupiter

What does orbit mean?

• The path a planet takes around the sun.
• The spinning of the planet.
• When a rocket blasts into space.
• To fly into outer space.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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