Astronomy Planets and Small Objects TEST

The inner planets are also called...

• terrestrial planets
• gas giants

The motion of a body orbiting around another body in space is called _____.

• revolution

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

All the inner planets are

• Jovian planets because they are made up of gases.
• Terrestrial planets because they are rocky.

What are the Inner Planets?

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, and Venus
• Earth, the Moon, Mars
• Neptune, Pluto, Earth
• :)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Gas giants - Jovian Planets are also known as

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The order of the planets is:

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

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______ (hint: spinning like a ballerina)

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Between Mars and Jupiter is a region of the solar system called the __________.

• asteroid belt
• Milky Way
• Kuiper belt
• Oort Cloud

All the known dwarf planets EXCEPT Ceres orbit in the _________.

• asteroid belt
• Milky Way
• Kuiper belt
• Oort Cloud

A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse, and is found in the Oort Cloud is a ___________.

• meteor

• meteorite

• comet

• asteroid