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Order of the Planets

Authored by Amber Oliver

Science

3rd - 5th Grade

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Order of the Planets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A student records the following information about a planet:

- Its largest moon is named Titan

- It is made up mostly of gases

- It is surrounded by rings

- It is the sixth planet from the sun.


Which planet is the student studying?

Saturn

Uranus

Jupiter

Mars

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Asteroids are large bodies of rock that are too small to be planets. An asteroid belt has many asteroids. The diagram shows the asteroid belt located between Mars and the first outer planet.


Which outer planet is closest to this asteroid belt?

Uranus

Neptune

Saturn

Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

One of the brightest objects in the night sky is a planet that is closer to the sun than Earth is. What is the name of this planet?

Mars

Saturn

Venus

Jupiter

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which planet in the solar system is farthest from the sun?

Mercury

Neptune

Saturn

Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which statement about the planets in the solar system is correct?

All the planets in the solar system have moons

All the planets in the solar system revolve around the sun

All the planets in the solar system are about the same size

All the planets in the solar system revolve at the same speed

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Earth orbits the sun between which two other planets?

Venus and Mars

Jupiter and Mars

Jupiter and Saturn

Mercury and Venus

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The solar system has eight planets and one sun. What is the correct order of these planets, starting from closest to the Sun?

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

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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