The Solar System

what is the order of the planets, starting from closest to the sun?

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

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

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

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

pluto is a ________.

• comet

• asteroid

• dwarf planet

• planet

select all the answer choices that have planets that have a retrograde rotation.

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Venus

• Mercury

which of the following planets have rings?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Saturn

which planet has an iron and dusty planet, that gives off a reddish tone/color?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mercury

which planet is the only planet that rotates clockwise?

• Neptune

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

another phrase if inner planets could be...

• Terrestrial Planets

• Gas Giants

• Jovian planets

• Small Baby Rock Planets

another phrase for outer planets could be...

• Jovian planets

• Inner Planets

• Gas Giants

• Terrestrial Planets

what could happen to the average year on a planet as you move away from the sun?

• the years would get longer

• the years would get shorter

• the years wold not be affected, the rotation length would be affected

• the earth would become a comet

our planets orbit what shape?

• elliptical

• eclipse

• circle

• spherical