Inner and Outer Planets

The planet that is closest to the sun is

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

This planet is the hottest planet due to the Greenhouse Effect

This planet is red in color due to the oxidation of Iron (Fe) (rust)

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

This planet has oceans, mountains, rivers, volcanoes, glaciers, and even humans...

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The planets that are deemed the inner planets can be described as the following: Pick 3

• Rocky

• Metallic

• Gaseous

• Terrestrial

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Very few moons

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Mercury

All of the following planets have rings, EXCEPT--

• Saturn
• Venus
• Uranus
• Neptune

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons
• are small
• have a short orbit around the Sun
• are rocky

Which list correctly shows the planets in correct order from the sun outward?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which group of planets are colder?

• inner

• outer