6 Solar System

What is the Moon?

• It is a planet
• It is a satellite
• It is a star
• It is a comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the Sun?

• It is a satellite
• It is a Star
• It is a comet
• It is a planet

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth

• Earth and moon orbit Sun

• Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

• Earth and sun orbit moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which is the second closest planet to the sun?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Venus
• Mercury

What planet is eighth in the Solar System?

• Uranus
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Mars

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars
• Pluto
• Venus
• Earth