SSE- Lesson 6 and 7

A(n) _____________________ is a blanket of gas that surrounds a planet or other celestial body.

• solar system

• atmosphere

• celestial body

• diameter

List the planets in our solar system in order from the Sun.

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

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planets are the inner planets?

• Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter Saturn

• Mars, Jupiter, Earth, Saturn

• Mercury, Earth, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

What is another name for the inner planets?

• jovian

• Earth-like

• terrestrial

• gas giants

Which are considered the outer planets?

• Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mars, Venus, Mercury, Uranus

What is another name for the outer planets?

• gas giants

• terrestrial planets

• great big planets

• inner planets

Which is NOT a characteristic of an inner planet?

• rocky, solid surface

• no or few moons

• thin atmosphere

• many moons

Which is NOT a characteristic of an outer planet?

• many moons

• mostly gas

• thin atmosphere

• extremely large

A collection of planets, moons, and other celestial bodies that orbit a more massive body

(like a star) is known as a(n) ___________________.

• solar system

• radius

• star

• celestial body

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Why are the inner planets generally warmer than the outer planets?

• they are farther from the sun

• they are closer to the sun

• there is not temperature difference between the inner and outer planets.

• temperature is not a measurement we take on planets

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4