Outer Planets Review

Saturn is larger than Earth.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Scientists believe that the gas giants have a solid core deep below the layers of gas.

• True

• False

Uranus orbits on its side since its axis is tilted toward the sun.

• True

• False

Uranus is the smallest planet in our solar system.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The gas giants are mostly made up of neon and argon.

• True

• False

There is a large asteroid belt between _________________.

• Earth and Mars

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mars and Jupiter

Which of the following is not a gas giant?

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Mars

Which of the following correctly orders the planets from least time to orbit the Sun to most time to orbit the Sun?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet orbits between Jupiter and Uranus?

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Venus

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Because they are made of gas and not rocky material, what do scientists have to use to study them?

• Rovers

• Satellites

• Astronauts

• Submarines