Solar System Lesson 1 Review

Mercury is larger than Venus.

• True

• False

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Mars has polar icecaps that contain frozen water.

• True

• False

Earth orbits around the Sun in less time than Venus does.

• True

• False

All of the inner planets are made of solid, rocky material.

• True

• False

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Cosmologists study the weather on Earth.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is the largest planet?

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• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

• Mars

Outside the orbit of Mars is _____________.

• Earth

• the sun

• an astroid belt

• Venus

The hottest of the inner planets is ____________.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Mercury has more ___________ than any other planet.

• satellites

• moons

• oceans

• craters

How does the distance a planet is from the Sun relate to the time it takes for it to orbit around the Sun?

• the farther a planet is from the sun, the shorter time it takes

• the closer a planet is to the sun, the longer time it takes

• the farther a planet is from the sun, the longer time it takes

• the sun revolves around the planets

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