Solar System

The closer a planet is to the sun...

• the faster it travels
• the slower it travels

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons
• are small
• have a short orbit around the Sun
• are rocky

What is located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

Which planets are terrestrial planets

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Asteroid belt

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

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

The Sun is at the center of our solar system.  All the planets in the solar system orbit around the Sun. Which of the following planets has the longest orbit? 

• Mercury
• Earth
• Saturn
• Neptune

Which of the following is a common characteristic of outer planets?

• have rings
• shorter years
• terrestrial
• less than 5 satellites

All planets have the following characteristics EXCEPT

• They rotate
• They revolve
• They have an atmosphere
• They have elliptical orbits

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?

• Jovian Planets
• Awesome Sauce Planets
• Gas Giants
• Inner Planets

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

• Outer Planets
• Terrestrial Planets
• Inner Planets
• Oort Cloud