PLANET QUIZ STUDY GUIDE

WHICH IS NOT A CHARACTERISTIC UNIQUE TO EARTH?

• IT HAS WATER ON ITS SURFACE

• TEMPERATURE IS PERFECT TO SUPPORT LIFE

• IT HAS RINGS MADE OF ICE

• ITS ATMOSPHERE IS RICH IN OXYGEN

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The word Terrestrial means.......

• living in the water

• living on land

• having scales and gills

• absorbing sunlight and making energy

Which is a list of the Inner Rocky planets?

• Saturn, Uranus, Mercury, Venus

• Earth, Neptune, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus

Which is not a characteristic of the inner rocky planets?

• Surface is rocky and solid

• Their orbits are closest to the sun

• Atmosphere is mostly gas of hydrogen and helium

• The first 4 planets in our Solar System

Which planets are the outer planets

• Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Earth

• Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars

Which characteristic does not identify an outer planet?

• Rocky surface

• Gas Atmosphere

• all have rings

• Furthest planets away from the sun

What is the order of the planets in order from the sun?

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Mercury, Earth, Venus, Uranus

• Mercury, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, Venus, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The sun is luminous. What does luminous mean?

• Hot

• Transparent

• Slippery

• Gives off light

What galaxy is our Solar System a part of?

• Milky Way

• Asteroid Mania

• Earth

• Outer Gaseous Giants

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Small rocky objects that orbit the sun?

• plants

• rings

• asteroids

• satellites

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3