Space!

What is the correct order of planets from the sun?

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

An orbit is

• the center of our solar system.

• the smaller planets closest to the Sun.

• the path a planet takes around the Sun.

• the larger planets outside the asteroid belt, made of gas.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the first planet and is the planet that closest to the Sun?

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

Which of the following are true? The rocky planets:

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• all habitable

• the four closest to the sun

• all have more than 1 moon

What are the differences between asteroids and planets?

• Planets orbit around the Sun and asteroids do not.
• Asteroids are able to hit Earth and planets are not.
• Planets rotate at a speed much faster than asteroids.
• Planets are larger and shaped like spheres, while asteroids are smaller and not spherical.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Sun appears larger than the others stars because of

• its yellow color
• its high temperature
• its distance from Earth
• the greater amount of light it gives off

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Large dirty snowballs that orbit the sun in long elliptical orbits are called...

• asteroids

• meteoroids

• comets

• dwarf planets

Large metallic, rocky bodies that orbit the sun; found between Mars and Jupiter are called...

• asteroids

• meteoroids

• comets

• meteors

The ___________ is a region of thousands of small bodies that exists outside the orbit of the planets. Objects in this area consist of "ices" such as ammonia, water, and methane.

• dwarf planets

• comets

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

Our solar system is part of a bigger grouping of stars called the ___________ galaxy.

• Milky Way

• Andromeda

• Messier 63

• Whirlpool

• Sombrero