U1L6: The Outer Planets

The outer planets, also known as the gas giants, are primarily made of ________________

• hydrogen and helium

• hydrogen and oxygen

• helium and oxygen

• helium and nitrogen

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The interiors of the outer planets are mainly ____________.

• solid

• gas

• liquid

The outer planets are _________ compared to the inner planets

• small

• large

• planets

• dwarfs

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

___________ is the largest planet in the solar system

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Jupiter has more moons than any other planet

• True

• False

• Potato

The four largest moons of Jupiter—

Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—are known as the ____________ moons

• Aristotle

• Galilean

• Copernicus

• Pythagoras

__________ is the sixth planet from the Sun. It rotates rapidly and has horizontal bands of clouds.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Saturn has an outer gas layer, a thick layer of liquid hydrogen, and a __________ core

• gas

• liquid

• solid

• nucleic

Saturn has ________ bands of rings, each containing thousands of narrower ringlets

• one

• two

• seven

• one hundred

What are Saturn's rings mostly made of?

• Ice

• Water

• Fire

• Clouds

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1