Comparing Planetary Atmospheres Quiz

Planets made up mainly of light elements such as hydrogen and helium.

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

• Heliotric Planets

• Hyperbolic Planets

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

This planet has no atmosphere, no weather.

• Venus

• Mars

• Uranus

• Mercury

This planet is unique because surface temperature allows water to exist as a solid, liquid, and a gas.

• Titan

• Uranus

• Earth

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Thick clouds of sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide surrounds this planet and traps energy from the Sun.

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mars

The atmospheres of these two planets contain the gasses hydrogen and helium.

• Outer planets

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Venus

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

This dwarf planet is made of rock and ice.

• Pluto

• Mars

• Mercury

• MakeMake

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

These are solid, rocky bodies with a thin atmosphere.

• Outer Planets

• Inner Planets

• Tektite Planets

• Asteroids

The atmosphere of this planet is made up mostly of CO2 with some nitrogen and argon.

• Mars

• Venus

• Uranus

• Earth

Theses two planets have atmospheres that include H, He, and Methane

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Venus

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Take a guess at where Earth may have gotten its water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4