Solar System - The Planets

Which statement is false about the inner planets?

• They are made of rock.
• The are huge and made of gas.
• They don't have rings.
• They have craters.

What separates the outer planets from the inner planets?

• Asteroid belt
• Kuiper belt
• Comets
• Canyons

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a ___________.

• canyon
• raging storm
• frozen ocean
• big volcano

A _____________is a body that orbits the sun.

• moon
• planet
• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What do we call the four planets that are the farthest from the sun?

• Terrestrial Planets
• Inner Planets
• Gas Giants or Outer Planets

What best describes Mercury?

• Only planet with life

• The hottest planet

• Small, heavily cratered planet

• The red planet

What best describes Jupiter?

• Has the most rings

• Has enormous storms in its atmosphere.

• Dark blue in color due to the Methane gas

• Rotates on its side

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons and rings

• are small

• have a short orbit around the Sun

• are rocky

Which planets are terrestrial planets?

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• All the planets

• Asteroid belt

All planets have the following characteristics EXCEPT

• They rotate
• They revolve
• They have an atmosphere
• They have elliptical orbits