Chapter 21: Solar System Test 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

What are the inner planets?

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

The outer planets are mostly made of ________. 

• Rock
• Water
• Pizza
• Gas

Which planet contains a great, red spot?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Neptune

_______ is so tilted on its axis that it is almost sideways.

• Earth
• Mercury
• Neptune
• Uranus 

Which planet has the largest system of rings?

• Uranus
• Saturn
• Neptume
• Mercury

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• Star
• Moon
• Asteroid Belt
• Nothing

A small orbiting body made of dust, ice and frozen gases is a __________

• Planet
• Comet
• Solar System
• Asteroid

The sun and all of the bodies that revolve around it is the __________

• Planet
• Comet
• Solar System
• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A small rocky object that orbits the sun is __________

• Planet
• Comet
• Solar System
• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3