Earth and Space Science

In a diagram depicting the solar system, what is located at the center?

• Earth

• the sun

• the moon

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of the following objects does NOT orbit directly around the sun?

• planets

• comets

• moons

• all of the above

The distance between stars is typically measured in

• light years

• starlight

• astronomical units

• miles

Which of the following groups of planets are all gas giants?

• Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter

• Venus, Mars, Saturn

• Mars, Venus, Mercury

• Mars, Jupiter, Neptune

The asteroid belt in our solar system is located between:

• Neptune & Saturn
• Earth & Mercury
• The Milky Way & Polaris
• Mars & Jupiter

What do comets have in common with Earth?

• They orbit the Sun
• They have north and south magnetic poles 
• They are primarily made of ice and dust
• They both have a spherical shape

Which of these appears in Earth's atmosphere?

• a moon
• a meteor
• an asteroid
• a comet

Which of these terms best describes the makeup of most asteroids?

• gaseous
• liquid
• rocky 
• all of the above

What planets are the inner planets? 

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

What are the outer planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto
• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Earth
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune