Solar System Review

Celestial bodies made of frozen ice, rock and dust

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Meteorite

Flash of light produced when a meteoroid passes through Earth's atmosphere.

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A meteoroid that doesn't burn up and reaches earth's surface

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Meteorite

What is the order of the INNER planets from closest to farthest from the sun?

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What is the order of the OUTER planets from closest to farthest from the sun?

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Which planets are small and rocky?

• Terrestrial Planets

• Gas Giants

Which planets are large and made of mostly hydrogen and helium?

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

The orbits of these planets are much longer and take a lot of time.

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

Who discovered that the orbit of the planets is elliptical?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Kepler

The rocky (terrestrial) planets are

• furthest from the sun

• closest to the sun