Tides, Seasons and the Solar System

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

a small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging from the size of a small house to dust particles

• nebula

• terrestrial planets

• collision

• asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A name for the large planets composed mostly of gases, including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

• terrestrial planets

• inner planets

• nebula

• gas giants

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Put the objects in order from the sun.

• Sun, Mercury, Asteroid Belt, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Asteroid Belt, Uranus, Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Select all that apply to the outer planets

• Small

• Made of gas

• Behind the asteroid belt

• Has rings

True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The sun is

• a planet

• an asteroid

• an enormous meteor

• a star

Where is the asteroid belt located?

• In between Mars and Jupiter

• In between Uranus and Neptune

• Beyond the Oort Cloud

• In between Mercury and Venus