Solar System: Reassessment

Which planet is the hottest?

• Earth
• Neptune
• Mercury
• Venus

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

• Outer Planets
• Terrestrial Planets
• Inner Planets
• Oort Cloud

The four inner planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The outer planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

Which two planets are out of order in this list of our solar system?
Mercury-Earth-Venus-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Pluto.

• Mercury and Earth
• Earth and Venus
• Saturn and Jupiter
• Uranus and Neptune

What is the difference between the inner planets and the outer planets?

• The outer planets are smaller than the inner planets 
• The inner planets are smaller than the outer planets
• The outer planets have more rocks than the inner planets
• the inner planets are heavier than  the outer planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The inner planets are called terrestrial planets because they are composed of

• water
• gas
• frozen surfaces
• rocks

Which planet is tilted on its side nearly 90 degrees?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Put the planets in order from the sun.

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

Select all that apply to the inner planets

• Rocky

• Small

• Made of gas

• Behind the asteroid belt