Solar System Review

The sun is the only star in our solar system.

• True

• False

Which characteristic best describes Venus?

• Dense atmosphere causing the greenhouse effect and extreme temperatures.

• has many high pressure gas storms such as The Great Red Spot

• has a frozen surface of nitrogen and geysers

• has many craters and long, steep cliffs

Which characteristic best describes Mars?

• rotates like a rolling ball on its tilted axis

• has a frozen surface of nitrogen and geysers

• has a thin atmosphere that causes global dust storms & called the red planet due to the presence of iron oxide on the surface

• has many craters and long, steep cliffs

Which characteristic best describe Jupiter?

• has many high pressure gas storms such as The Great Red Spot

• rotates like a rolling ball on its tilted axis

• has a frozen surface of nitrogen and geysers

• has the largest moon, Titan

Which characteristic best describes Saturn?

• life exists here

• rotates on its axis like a rolling ball

• has the second largest moon, Titan

• has no atmosphere

Which planets do not have moons?

• Mercury & Venus

• Jupiter & Mercury

• Saturn & Venus

• All planets have moons

Which diagram correctly compares the sizes of the four inner planets?

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What is true of all planets in our Solar System?

• They are large bodies in space that orbit the Sun

• Planets do not move, only stars move

• Planets make their own light

• Planets are larger than stars

True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.

• True

• False

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Where is the Asteroid Belt located in the Solar System?

• near Neptune

• between Mercury and Venus

• between Mars and Jupiter

• around the Sun