The Solar System Quizzizz

Which of the inner planets rotates backwards?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Both Venus and Earth

• Mars

Which planet is the smallest in the solar system?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Both Mercury and Venus

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What are the planets in order from the sun?

• Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury

• Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

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Which of the inner planets is the hottest?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

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The distance from the center to the outer edge of a planet is its:

• Diameter

• Circumference

• Radius

• Core

• Mantle

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As Mercury cooled, long curving ridges upwards of 2 miles high and 300 miles long, known as ________, began to appear:

• Lobate scarps

• Lobate scares

• Lobar scrapes

• Lobate scars

• Lobar scarps

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The separation and layering of planetary material according to its chemical and physical properties is known as:

• Integration

• Different stuff

• Jawbreaking

• Calculus

• Differentiation

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The closest planet to the sun and the planet that revolves fastest around the sun is:

• Venus

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Earth

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The atmosphere on Venus:

• Has little carbon dioxide

• Contributes to a significant greenhouse effect

• Is very thin

• Is mainly composed of water vapor

Venus's crust has:

• 5 plates

• 1 plate

• 3 plates

• 2 plates

• 4 plates