Solar System Exit Ticket

Which of the following are icy objects that evaporate as they come closer to the Sun causing them to have a tail?

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteoroids

• Planets

The largest of the terrestrial planets is

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

• Uranus

Scientists have been able to estimate the age of our solar system by dating

• comets

• asteroids

• meteors

• meteorites

The planet with the lowest density (it could float in water!) in the solar system is

• Mars

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Earth

What is a common characteristic of the inner planets?

• Large

• No solid surface

• Rings

• Few moons

The only planet in the solar system that spins backwards

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Venus

How did the Sun and the Solar System form?

• It formed in empty space

• It formed when two stars collided into each other

• It formed in a nebula that collapsed and started spinning

• Aliens made them

How long ago did the solar system begin to form?

• 4.6 years ago

• 4.6 million years ago

• 5.6 billion years ago

• 4.6 billion years ago

Which planet has two moons named Phobos & Deimos?

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

Even though we may not be able to see them, all of the __________ planets have rings.

• Jovian

• Terrestrial

• Rocky

• Warm