Planets and Small Solar Objects Test

The inner and outer planets are separated by what?

• Kuiper belt

• Asteroid belt

• Dwarf planets

• The sun

What is Jupiter's core made of?

• Dense rock and iron

• Helium gas

• Liquid nitrogen

• Smores

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Venus, Earth, and what two other planets are considered inner planets?

• Mercury, Jupiter

• Mars, Saturn

• Mercury, Marvelous

• Mercury, Mars

Which is the correct shared properties of inner planets?

• Gaseous, no atmosphere, windy

• Solid, high density, rocky, atmosphere

• Cold, distant, atmosphere, low density

• hot, high density, gaseous

If a person tried to go to the core of Jupiter, what would happen to them?

• They'd be fine.

• They'd feel heavy.

• They would float.

• They would be crushed into smithereens.

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What are the names of the Galilean moons?

• Io, Titan, Triton, Europa

• Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto

• Callisto, Europa, Olympus Mons, Ceres

• Ganymede, Ceres, Titan, Io

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury is...

• the smallest and closest terrestrial planet

• largest and closest terrestrial planet

• the smallest and farthest gaseous planet

• the largest and farthest gaseous planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What does terra mean in Latin?

• Water

• Earth

• Fire

• Air

Mercury's center is made of __________.

• dense metal iron

• dense liquid nitrogen

• dense gaseous helium

• dense rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which is Jupiter's largest moon?

• Ganymede

• Io

• Ceres

• Titan