Solar System Review

Which option below lists the planets in the correct order from the Sun?

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

The _______ planets are rocky.

• Terrestrial

• Jovian

• Gas Giants

• Outer

This planet has the longest period of revolution.

• Mercury

• Mars

• Saturn

• Neptune

This planet has the longest period of rotation.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Rotation means...

• to orbit.

• to spin.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This planet is approximately half the size of Earth.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which Solar System feature lies between Mars and Jupiter?

• The dwarf planets

• The Kuiper belt

• The Asteroid belt

• An array of moons called the Lunar Lane

Which planet has two moons?

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Venus is similarly sized to Earth and is closer than Mars. Why have scientists decided to explore Mars more?

• Mars definitely has life

• Venus never lines up with Earth

• Spacecraft can't get that close to the Sun

• Venus has an extremely harsh environment

This planet has an atmosphere made up of almost all Carbon Dioxide

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Earth

• Titan