Characteristics of the Solar System

The closer a planet is to the sun...

• the faster it travels
• the slower it travels

Which movement creates day/night?

• rotation
• revolution

Which movement creates years?

• rotation
• revolution

All of the outer planets--

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

What is located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

Which planets are terrestrial planets

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Asteroid belt

Which planet is the hottest?

• Earth
• Neptune
• Mercury
• Venus

What is the only planet known to contain life?

• Mars
• Earth
• Neptune
• Uranus

Which planet is known for having an extreme tilt on its axis causing extreme seasons?

• Neptune
• Mercury
• Venus
• Uranus

What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible?

• Water
• High gravity
• Elliptical Orbit
• Hydrogen

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