ES 23.1 Formative

Which of the following is NOT a Jovian planet? (a)  

• Earth
• Saturn
• Neptune
• Uranus

Which planet has the fastest orbital motion? (a)  

• Mercury
• Neptune
• Earth
• Jupiter

All planets in our solar system revolve around the sun in the same direction.

• true

• false

Place the planets in order from closest to farthest from the sun.

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

• Mercury

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The shape of a planet's orbit around the sun is a(n)

• circle

• ellipse

• oval

• parabola

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

​ ​ ​ Which of the following is NOT a terrestrial planet?

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Jovian planets?

• large size

• composed mainly of gases and ice

• thin atmospheres

• located beyond the orbit of Mars

The formation of the solar system from a huge cloud of dust and gases is called the ​ (a)   theory.

• nebular
• protoplanet
• planetesimal
• solar

Which of the following is NOT considered part of the solar system?

• terrestrial planets

• Jovian planets

• galaxies

• sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A cloud of dust and gas in space is a(n) ​ (a)  

• nebula
• planetesimal
• meteor
• orbit