Daily Science Review SOL 4.5

When planets spin, we say that they (a)   .

I am the smallest planet in the solar system and closest to the Sun. Who am I?

(a)  

Which of these places most likely contains volcanic rock?

• Saturn's rings

• Jupiters red spot

• the surface of Mars

• the Sun

The largest planet in our solar system is ​ (a)  

• Jupiter
• Earth
• Sun
• Saturn

The center of our solar system is --.

b

Jupiter

the Sun

Earth

Venus

Of the planets listed on the chart in question 2B, the two that are closest in size are (a)   .

• Venus and Earth
• Mercury and Venus
• Earth and Mars
• Venus and Mars

Place the inner planets in order, starting with closest to the Sun.

• Sun

• Earth

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

Place these planets and dwarf planet in order, starting with the one closest to the Sun.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Uranus

Using the table with question 2D, list the four planets from smallest to largest: (a)   then ​ (b)  

• Mars, Venus
• Neptune, Saturn
• Saturn, Neptune
• Venus, Mars

The motion of a planet as it moves around the Sun in an orbit is called --.

• axis

• rotation

• revolution

• season