Intro to the Solar System

According to scientists, the solar system formed from

• colliding planetesimals.

• rotating stars.

• colliding nebulae.

• a rotating disk of dust and gases.

Which planet is a terrestrial planet?

• 1. Venus

• 1. Neptune

• Uranus

• Jupiter

The Asteroids, which are large objects in space, are primarily made of ___________.

• ice and dust

•  rock

• small ice crystals

• gaseous materials

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Label the four Jovian planets, also known as gas giants or ice giants.

d

c

b

a

Saturn

Uranus

Jupiter

Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Planets that have no solid surface and are made of gases such as hydrogen and helium are called:

• Gas Giants

• Terrestrial Planets

These planets are referred to as the "inner" planets

• Terrestrial

• Jovian

This image shows a frost line in a protoplanetary disk.
If a planet forms inside of the frost line, what will it be composed of?

• icy gasses

• rocks and metals

• strawberries and cream

• equal parts rocks, metals, and gasses

Commonly called "shooting stars" astronomers call small grains of dust that hit the Earth's atmosphere __.

• unicorns

• comets

• asteroids

• meteors

To be considered a planet, a celestial body must follow the following constraints. (Choose 3)

• orbit the Sun

• made of rock and metals

• spherical in shape

• cleared its path of debris

• bigger than a moon

Put the planets in the correct order. (Imagine the Sun is on the left)

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mercury