Solar system

What is a common characteristic of the inner planets?

• They are gaseous

• Distance between them is longer

• They have rings

• Solid surface

All outer planets...

• Are rocky

• Have many moons

• Have a short orbit around the sun

• Are small

This is located between inner and outer planets

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• Shooting stars

The Sun is at the center of our solar system. All the planets in the solar system orbit around the Sun. Which of the following planets has the longest orbit?

• Ceres

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Saturn

Which is the hottest planet?

• Earth

• Haumea

• Mercury

• Venus

What characteristics do Earth and Venus share?

• They rotate in the same direction

• They are both similar size and density

• They have the exact same gases in their atmospheres

• They were born at the same time

What caracteristic do Mars and Makemake share?

• They have almost the same rotation period

• They are both Inner Planets

• Both have two moons

• They are the farthest from the sun

Which dwarf planet spins so fast it's day is only 4 hours long?

• Ceres

• Makemake

• Haumea

• Eris

Which dwarf planet is farther from the sun?

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Ceres

• Eris

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

• Meteorite

• A shooting star

• Comet

• Asteroid