Solar System

Which movement creates day/night?

• rotation

• revolution

• substitution

• evolution

What is located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

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Which planets are terrestrial planets

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Asteroid belt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Sun is at the center of our solar system.  All the planets in the solar system orbit around the Sun. Which of the following planets has the longest orbit? 

• Mercury
• Earth
• Saturn
• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?

• Jovian Planets

• Outer Planets

• Gas Giants

• Inner Planets

What characteristics do Earth and Venus share?

• They rotate in the same direction

• They are both similar size and density

• They have the same gases in their atmospheres

• They were born at the same time

What is the only planet known to contain life?

• Mars
• Earth
• Neptune
• Uranus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an astronomical unit?

• distance between the moon and earth
• distance between the earth and pluto
• distance between the earth and sun
• distance between NJ and Cali

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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What planet is it?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Venus

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