Solar System

This planet's day is 243 days long, and it's year is 224 days long?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

This planet rotates on its side.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

What is the largest planet?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This is the icy bubble that surrounds the solar system.

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

• Comet Belt

• Oort Cloud

What belt separates the Terrestrial Planets and the Gas Giants (Jovian Planets)?

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Comet Belt

• Joivian Belt

This planet has the Great Red Spot, Ganymede, and a total of 67 moons.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

What is the distance from earth to the sun called?

• AU Astronomical Unit

• AU Asteroid Unit

• OU Oort Unit

• SU Sun Unit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet's atmosphere is made up of nitrogen, oxygen, and trace gases?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which statement is true about the Earth's revolution around the Sun?

• Earth completes one revolution around the Sun about every 365 days

• Earth completes one revolution around the Sun about every 30 days.

• Earth completes one revolution around the Sun about every 24 hours.

• Earth completes one revolution around the Sun about every 12 hours.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How fast does the Earth rotate on its axis?

• once every 24 hrs

• once every 365 days

• 2 times a day

• 4 times a day

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6