The Solar System

The Great Red Spot, a continuous storm is located on the planet __

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

The part of a comet that is SOLID is the __

• Mars

• asteroid

• meteorite

• nucleus

__ believed that the solar system is EARTH centered.

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Voyager I

• the Greeks

• Mariner 10

What is the word that means "pieces of rock that come from space and hit the surface of the Earth?"

• asteroid

• moon

• comet

• meteorite

What planet is the smallest planet?

• Uranus

• Venus

• Mercury

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet has the lowest density and could actually float in water?

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Mariner 10

• Earth

Which two planets are said to be "twins"?

• Earth and Venus

• Mars and Venus

• Uranus and Neptune

• Earth and Mars

Which planet is 150 million km, or 1 AU, away from the sun?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The orbits of the planets travel in an ___ shape.

• circular

• square

• rectangular

• elliptical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

__ believed that the solar system is SUN centered.

• the Greeks

• the Romans

• Christopher Columbus

• Nicholas Copernicus