Intro to Solar System Planets

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth
• Earth and moon orbit Sun
• Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
• Earth and sun orbit moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which planet is the largest in the solar system?

• Earth
• Venus
• Saturn
• Jupiter

How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 30 days
• 365 days
•  100 days
• 40 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

All of the following are true about the Sun 
EXCEPT 

• the Sun makes the light we see
• the heat from the Sun is reflected from Moon to the Earth
• sunlight is Earth’s primary source of energy

Complete the analogy. Planet is to Earth, as satellite is to:

• star
• sun
• moon
• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the nickname of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

• rocky planets
• rock stars
• first four
• final four

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation
• revolution
• phase
• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

What are the inner planets?

• There are no inner planets.

• Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Eris

• Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars