Solar System-5th

What keeps planets from flying off into outer space?

• friction

• gravity

• magnets

Which lists the planets in the correct order from the closest to the Sun?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an inner planet?

• smaller

• few or no moons

• many rings

• rocky

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• the asteroid belt

• the Milky Way

• the Sun

• Earth's moon

Outer planets are colder than inner planets.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a characteristic of outer planets?

• smaller

• rocky

• gaseous

• no rings

The moon is considered a natural __________.

• satellite

• rock

• star

• planet

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What is the center of our Solar System?

• Earth

• the moon

• the sun

What is the third planet from the Sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

What is the solar system made up of?

• Only stars

• The sun, planets, and constellations

• The sun, planets and their moons, and other objects that move around