Solar System

Which of the following planets are considered the inner planets?

• Venus, Mars, Earth and Mercury

• Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, and Saturn

• Earth, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury

• Jupiter, Earth, Venus, and Mercury

Look carefully at the drawing. Which phase of the Moon will be visible with this rotation?

• Quarter Moon

• New Moon

• Gibbous Moon

• Full Moon

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What does the moon look like when it is gibbous?

• It looks full.

• It looks more than half full.

• No moon visible.

• It looks less than one-quarter full.

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What causes the moon to shine?

• light emitted from the moon

• light from the sun reflected off of Earth

• light from the sun reflected off of the moon

• light from distant stars reflected off the moon

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a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

Uranus

Mars

Neptune

Saturn

Jupiter

Venus

Earth

Mercury

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Label the Solar System

i

f

g

h

e

j

d

c

b

a

Neptune

Jupiter

Asteroid Belt

Mercury

Saturn

Sun

Mars

Venus

Uranus

Earth

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What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

• Wind

• Gravity

• Magnetism

• Electricity

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all objects bound to the sun​ (a)  

• solar system

• milky way

• system

• wind

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Match the following:

• rock and metal orbiting the sun

• asteroid

• a rocky or gassy mass orbiting a star

• moon

• ice with a tail of dust and gas orbiting the sun

• comet

• create light and energy

• star

• a larger rocky satellite of a planet

• planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn