Inner vs. Outer Planets

Very few moons

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Mercury

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Gas giants

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Pluto

Close to the sun

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Kuiper Belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Lots of rings

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Mars

Shorter revolutions

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Kuiper Belt

• Moons

The very edge of our solar system

• Sun

• Asteroid belt
• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Located outside the outer planets.

• Sun

• Asteroid belt
• Kuiper Belt

• Moons

Part of the Milky Way

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2