Solar System

How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto)

• 9

• 10

• 8

• 7

Reorder the following gas giants from closest to the sun, to furthest!

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune

Put the terrestrial planets in order from closest to the sun to furthest!

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

• Earth

Which is true about Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• they all have an atmosphere

• they all have many moons

• they all have rings made of rocks and ice

• they all have a rocky surface

The sun is in the ________________________ of our solar system.

• outside

• circle

• center

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which is NOT a rocky planet? (a)  

• Earth
• Neptune
• Mercury
• Mars

Which of the following lists the correct order of the planets from the sun?

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

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

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match the following

• objects made of frozen dust & ice

• comets

• larger space rocks that form a "belt"

• asteroids

• space rocks smaller than asteroids

• meteoroid

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars