3.9B Solar System TEKS-Based Assessment

1. Which planet is the third planet from the Sun?

• Mars
• Mercury
• Earth
• Jupiter

2. A student listed the inner and outer planets. Which planet is on the wrong list?

• Uranus
• Venus
• Mars
• Mercury

3. What is the correct order of the planets from the Sun?

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

4. A student is researching two planets. They are farther from the Sun than Mars, but closer to the Sun than Uranus. What are the two planets the student is researching? Choose TWO answers.

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Venus
• Saturn

Put the planets in order from the sun.

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

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

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

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