Inner and Outer Planets

Which of the following planets experiences a runaway greenhouse effect?

• Venus
• Mars
• Mercury
• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The factors that contribute to Mercury’s daily temperature fluctuation of about 600°C are the planet’s slow rotation and

• its close proximity to the sun.
• its dense atmosphere.
• its heavy, rocky, waterless terrain.

Which of the following planets is similar to Uranus in terms of its size and mass?

• Pluto
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The least dense planet in the solar system is

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Neptune
• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a

• Vast Canyon
• Raging storm
• Frozen ocean
• Massive volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The majority of Jupiter is made up of

• nitrogen and oxygen.
• helium and oxygen.
• rock and water.
• hydrogen and helium.

Uranus’s axis

• moves in a predictable manner.
• is almost parallel to its plane of orbit.
• flips once per orbit around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What do all the items in this list have in common?
1) has a day longer than its year
2 )is the hottest planet
3 )rotates counter clockwise (east to west)

• This list describes Earth.
• This list describes Mercury.
• This list describes Mars.
• This list describes Venus.

Which list places the inner planets in order from largest in size to smallest in size?

• Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars
• Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
• Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What do Mercury and Venus have in common?

• They both thick atmospheres.
• They both rotate counter clockwise.
• They have a similar diameter.
• They both have no moons.