Chapter 4 Test

Organize the inner planets from closest to furthese from the Sun

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

Order the outer planets from closest to furthest from the Sun

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

Name that planet: largest planet, colorful storm bands, rotates once in 10 hours, Great Red Spot, faint rings, at least 60 moons.

Name that planet: very bright, rotates in opposite direction from other planets, day lasts 243 Earth days, much carbon dioxide in atmosphere, greenhouse effect, very hot, rolling plains, towering highlands

Name that planet: greenish blue, year lasts 164 Earth years, rotates once in 16 hours, 11 moons, ring system, Great Dark Spot

Name that planet: greenish blue, rotates on its side, ring system, at least 22 moons, year lasts 84 Earth years, rotates once in 17 hours

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Name that planet: one moon, rotates once in 24 hours, year lasts 365 Earth days, mild surface temperature, dense atmosphere, much water, supports life

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Name that planet: fastest moving planet, rotates once every 59 Earth days, year lasts 88 Earth days, craters and flat areas, almost no atmosphere, no moons, hot and cold

Name that planet: no thick atmosphere or ring system, one known moon, year lasts 248 Earth years, rotates once every 6 Earth days, outermost and coldest planet

Name that planet: thin rings of ice particles and dust, rotates once in 11 hours, 31 known moons, one moon has an atmosphere, stormy bands of clouds, second largest planet, tilted on its axis