Solar System Test

What separates the inner and the outer planets?

• Oort cloud

• Sun

• Kuiper belt

• Asteroid belt

What planet is closest to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Saturn

• Neptune

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the inner planets?

• Smaller

• Rocky

• Gaseous

• Shorter years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

It takes Earth 24 hours to __________ on its axis

• Rotate

• Orbit

• Revolve

• Stay

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What two does gravity depend on?

• Direction and weight

• Mass and matter

• Distance and direction

• Distance and mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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Which of the following is a terrestrial planet?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Uranus

Which of the following is a ‘Gas Giant’?

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

It takes Earth 365 days to __________ around the sun

• Rotate

• Ellipse

• Revolve

• Stay

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Choose which characteristic matches with terrestrial planets.

• made of helium and hydrogen

• made of metal and rock

• Few moons

• Rings

• Closest to the sun

Choose which characteristic matches with Gaseous planets.

• made of helium and hydrogen

• made of metal and rock

• Few moons

• Rings

• Past the asteroid belt