Solar System

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth

• Earth and moon orbit Sun

• Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

• Earth and sun orbit moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet is NOT one of the

"Gas Giants"?

• Uranus

• Venus

• Neptune

• Saturn

a small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging from the size of a small house to dust particles

• nebula

• terrestrial planets

• collision

• asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

• Aristarchus

• accretion

• nebula

• heliocentric system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is similar about all of the inner planets?

• rocky
• gasses
• many moons
• takes a long time to revolve around the sun

What is similar about all of the Outer Planets?

• small
• large
• few moons
• takes a short amount of time to go around the sun

Between which two planets is the asteroid belt located?

• Mercury & Venus
• Mars & Jupiter
• Uranus & Neptune
• Neptune & Pluto

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which planet takes the least time to go around the sun?

• Mercury
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter

Which planet's average temperature make it the hottest planet in the solar system?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars