6.E.1.2 Solar System and ingredients for life

Which planet in our solar system is the smallest and has the fastest orbital speed?

• Venus

• Earth

• Saturn

• Mercury

This is the hottest planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Planets travel around the sun in known what?

• Frequencies

• Gravitational pull

• Heat

• Rotations

Which of these planets is not a Terrestrial Planet

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

What belt separates the Terrestrial Planets and the Gas Giants (Jovian Planets)?

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Comet Belt

• Joivian Belt

This force attracts all objects toward each other.

• Newton
• gravity
• weight
• path

Which choice contains all of the rocky planets in the solar system?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

What do the four planets farthest from the Sun have in common?

• A. The four planets are all rocky.

• B. None of the four planets have rings. .

• C. All four planets could support human life.

• D. The four planets are all gaseous

Select all of the following that are natural satellites of the Earth.

• Moon

• Sun

• Star

• Meteors

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why is the sun so important?

• It heats the Earth.
• It gives us light.
• It is the source of all life on Earth.
• all of the above