Practice for Solar System Test

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Jupiter

What is the largest planet in the Solar System?

• Saturn

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the third planet from the Sun?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the name of the Hypothesis that explains the formation of the Solar System?

• Nebular Hypothesis

• Protoplanet Hypothesis

• Giant Impact Hypothesis

• Big Bang Theory

How did the Moon form?

• The Moon was created by a collision with a passing asteroid.

• The Moon formed from a giant impact between Earth and Theia.

• The Moon formed from volcanic activity on Earth.

• The Moon formed from the gravitational pull of Earth on space debris.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

What are the small, rocky, irregular-shaped objects that orbit the Sun called?

• planetary nebulae

• asteroids

• planets

• accretion disks

What is a dwarf planet in the Solar System?

• Pluto

• Mars

• Earth

• Comets

A cloud of gas and dust in space is called __________.

• a nebula

• a space haze

• an asteroid belt

• a galaxy

The Nebular Hypothesis is the scientific explanation for the formation of __________.

• the universe.

• meteor showers.

• our solar system.

• clouds.

Rocky/metallic planetesimals made largely of iron and silicates would eventually become the ___________ (inner) planets.

• Jovian

• terrestrial

• extra-terrestrial