LG 12: Space

Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Pluto

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Earth

Which of the following is NOT true of all the inner planets?

• They are made of solid rock.
• They are called gas giants.
• They do not have rings.
• They have impact craters.

Which of the following separates the outer planets from the inner planets?

• Asteroid Belt
• Great Red Spot
• Kuiper Belt

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Outer planets have these characteristics.

• Long orbits, made up of gas, have many moons

• Long orbits, made up of gas, have few moons

• Short orbits, made up of gas, have many moons

• Long orbits, have a rocky crust, have many moons

All of the inner planets--

• have rings
• are rocky
• have deep atmospheres
• are large

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons
• are small
• have a short orbit around the Sun
• are rocky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

• solar system
• earth
• rotation
• United States

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

• The inner planets all have water

• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets

• the outer planets are gas planets

• the inner planets have rings, and the outer planets don't