Solar System Quiz

The only planet that supports life.

• Pluto

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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The rings of Saturn are made of...

• Gases

• Ice

• Plasma

• Rainbows

Knows as the dwarf planet...

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Venus

• Mercury

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The length of a year on a planet is best explained by

• The planet rotating on its axis

• The Sun rotating on its axis

• The revolution around the Sun

• The seasons

Which best describes the terrestrial planets?

• Large, planetary rings

• Small, dense, rocky

• Rocky cores, close to sun, surface craters

• Made of helium and hydrogen

Which element makes up the most composition of the Sun?

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Carbon

Which is the correct order of the planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nepture

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Uranus, Neptune

A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System?

• Between Earth and Mars
• In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune
• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter
• Close to the Sun

What are comets made of?

• Metals like iron and nickel
• Gas
• Hydrogen Gas
• Ice and rock