Our Solar System

Which planets are considered inner planets? (Choose all that are correct.)

• Earth

• Mars

• Saturn

• Mercury

Which planet has rings that you can see from Earth with a telescope?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

• Saturn

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

What is the difference between comets and asteroids?

• Asteroids are rocky, comets are icy

• Comets are rocky, asteroids are icy

• Comets revolve around the earth, asteroids around the sun

• Asteroids travel further than comets.

Which best describes the terrestrial planets?

• Large, planetary rings

• Small, dense, rocky

• Rocky cores, close to sun, surface craters

• Made of helium and hydrogen

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

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Students use sports equipment to model the relative motion of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun. A baseball represents the Earth, the golf ball represents the Moon, and the basketball represents the Sun. Which of the following will accurately model the relative motions of these bodies?

• Baseball moving around the golf ball, golf ball moving around the basketball

• Golf ball moving around the baseball, baseball moving around the basketball

• Basketball moving around the baseball, baseball moving around the golf ball

• Golf ball moving around the basketball, basketball moving around the baseball

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Which is the correct order of the planets?

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

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

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nepture

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

The length of a year on a planet is best explained by

• The planet rotating on its axis

• The Sun rotating on its axis

• The revolution around the Sun

• The seasons

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When Coach Rhone tied a string around a weight and swung it around showing the orbits, what did the string represent?

• Distance away from the planet

• Gravitational pull

• Electricity

• Radiation

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