Astronomy Review Ch 19 and 21

Which one is not an inner planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

What do the inner planets have in common?

• They are all the same size

• They are made of gas.

• They rotate at the same speed.

• They are all rocky.

All gas giants have rings and moons.

• True

• False

As planets get further away from the sun... (pick two options)

• they get colder

• they get warmer

• they take more time to travel around the sun

• they take less time to travel around the sun

When the mass of an object increases, its gravitational force will...

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following objects is closest to the size of the Earth?

• The sun

• The moon

• Venus

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are considered

• small planets

• inner planets

• terrestrial planets

• all of the above

Gravity

• created the universe

• is only on Earth

• causes the planets to orbit the sun

• only affects apple trees

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• mars

• mercury

• venus

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following planets is always closer to the Sun than it is to Earth?

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3