Beyond Our World

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Earth
• Venus
• Mercury
• Mars

The inner planets are also called...

• terrestrial planets
• gas giants

The motion of a body orbiting another body in space is called _____.

• revolution 
• period of revolution
• rotation
• period of rotation

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All the inner planets are

• Jovian planets because they are made up of gases.
• Terrestrial planets because they are rocky.

The inner planets are closer to the sun so

• they take longer to orbit the sun.
• they orbit the sun faster.

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What are the Inner Planets?

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, and Venus
• Earth, the Moon, Mars
• Neptune, Pluto, Earth
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Located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

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Solid, rocky surface

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Saturn

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The greater mass a planet has, 

• the greater the gravitational force it has
• the less gravitational force it has
• gravitational force does not depend on mass

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The order of the planets is:

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