Planets and Stars

What does a star's color tell us about the star?

• temperature

• size

• rotation

• distance from Earth

Which statement correctly describes the outer planets?

• The outer planets have rocky surfaces.

• The outer planets are smaller than the inner planets.

• The outer planets are made of gasses.

• The outer planets are warmer than the inner planets.

Which separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• Venus

• comets

• the sun

• an asteroid belt

What is the correct order of the inner planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mars, Earth Mercury Venus

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mars

A group of starts that form an imaginary picture in the sky is called a...

• universe.

• galaxy.

• constellation.

• star.

Which statement about the planets is true?

• The outer planets are solid.

• Pluto is no longer a planet.

• The inner planets have longer years than the outer planets.

• Earth is an outer planet.

What do you call a huge ball of very hot gas?

• comet

• star

• asteroid

• planet

Why do we experience temperature changes during different seasons?

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• Cold fronts come in from the North.

• Earth's orbit is in the shape of an oval.

• Earth is tilted on its axis as it revolves around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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One Earth day is the required time for one

• revolution of Earth

• rotation of Earth

• rotation of the sun

• revolution of the sun

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What are the gas giants?

• the outer planets

• comets

• stars in the Milky Way

• the sun and Venus