Terrestrial Planets Test

What did Johannes Kepler contribute to Astronomy? (pick all that apply)

• A law on how the orbital period of a planet relates to its distance from the Sun

• He had a magnificaent observatory on an Island!

• A law about the shape of a planets’ orbit around the Sun

• A law about planets sweeping equal areas in equal time in orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Check all the planets that do NOT go through phases

• moon

• mercury

• venus

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which is a Jovian Planet characteristic? (pick all that apply)

• Many Moons

• Lots of rings

• High density

• Made of rocks

What planet shows evidence of river erosion forming canyons.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

This type of planet typically has many moons

• Terrestrial

• Jovian

What planets are these?

• Inner(Rocky) Planets

• Outer(Gas Giants) Planets

A massive explosion of a star is called . . .

• supernova
• nebula
• pulsar
• black hole

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What kind of core do Jupiter and Saturn have?

• rocky core surrounded by liquid H and He

• rocky core surrounded by liquid H₂0 and NH₃

• Iron-Nickel core

• rocky crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which is the most massive planet?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Earth

• Pluto is a planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The first four outer planets from the sun out are:

• Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune
• Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter