Solar System

Front

What is the Sun?

Back

It is a Star

Front

What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

Back

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

Front

What do Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common?

Back

They are considered terrestrial planets, that is rocky or have metals with hard surface.

Front

Description of the next four outer planets after the rocky and small inner planets.

Back

They are very large, made of gases with no solid surface.

Front

Which planet is the largest planet in the solar system and is the fifth planet?

Back

Jupiter

Front

Which of the following is ordered from largest to smallest?

Universe -> Galaxy -> Solar System -> Planet

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Planet -> Galaxy -> Solar System -> Universe

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Planet -> Solar System -> Galaxy -> Universe

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Universe -> Solar System -> Galaxy -> Planet

Back

Universe -> Galaxy -> Solar System -> Planet

Front

Which planet is home to the tallest mountain, has the largest dust storms in the solar system, and is also known as the 'Red Planet' because of the presence of iron oxide in its rock?

Back

Mars

Front

What is the object that all planets in our solar system orbit?

Back

The sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

A cloud of gas and dust is called a...

Back

Nebula

Front

A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

Back

gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4