The four outer planets are ________________.

Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus

Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Mercury

All inner planets are alike because______________.

They have a solid and rocky surface

Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun

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

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

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

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

What are the gaseous planets?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon and Earth close together and the Sun much further away. What is one limitation of the student's model?

She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.

Sam and Anna are talking about the sun. Sam tells Anna that the sun is the largest star and that is why it looks so big and bright. Is he correct?

No, the Sun appears big and bright because it is the closest star to Earth.

No, the Sun appears big and bright because it is the hottest star.

Yes, the Sun appears big and bright because it is the largest star.

Yes, the Sun appears big, but not bright, because it is the largest star.

Which of the statements below is NOT a discovery that scientists have made through the development of better telescopes and satellites?

They discovered that the Earth is the center of the universe.

They discovered new planets and asteroids.

They discovered that weather and mountains exist on other planets.

They discovered that there are billions of stars in the galaxy.

Many people know that scientists have discovered a famous red spot on Jupiter, and that this spot is actually a giant storm that moves around the planet. This storm can be seen by telescopes from earth and also by probes that have flown past Jupiter. What question could you ask that would help you determine which of those two tools was used to discover Jupiter’s red storm for the first time?

Was the storm first seen from earth or from an image sent from space?

Was the storm discovered from the surface of Jupiter, or from space?

How many miles is Jupiter from Earth?

Has a human ever landed on Jupiter?

What characteristics do the inner planets share?

They are the closest planets to the Sun.

They are warmer and smaller than the other planets.

They are made of solid, rock-like materials.

Which statement about the order of the planets from the Sun is true?

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun.

Earth is the closest planet to the Sun.

Mercury is the fourth planet from the Sun.

Venus is the third planet from the Sun.

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Stars are larger than planets

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Stars are made of gas and plasma; planets are made of gas or rock

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