Inner Planets

The Sun is a big, bright ball of hot _______________.

• solid

• gas

• liquid

• water

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Sun is at the _______________ of our solar system.

• center

• outside

• depths

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The ______________ gives us light and heat and makes daytime on Earth.

• Mars

• Mercury

• Sun

• Venus

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The Sun is so big you could fit ___________________ Earths inside of it.

• 1000

• 100

• 4

• 1 million

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The Sun is made up of hot gas called _______________.

• plasma

• helium

• methane

• propane

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The Sun produces energy through a process called nuclear _____________.

• photosynthesis

• expansion

• fusion

• reaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

_____________ is the closest planet to the Sun.

• Mars

• Uranus

• Earth

• Mercury

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Mercury does not have an atmosphere to protect it so it gets really hot during the day and really ______________ at night.

• hot

• cold

• dry

• wet

Mercury has a _________________ surface.

• rocky

• gaseous

• orange

• liquid metal

Venus is the ______________ planet from the Sun.

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

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