Solar System Basics

The moon is a natural  ______ of Earth.

• comet

• axis

• satellite

• space probe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The inner planets are:

• Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Mercury

• Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Earth

• Earth, Pluto, Neptune, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

The GAS GIANTS or Outer planets are:

• Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn

• Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, Mars

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Saturn, Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?

• Jovian Planets

• Awesome Sauce Planets

• Gas Giants

• Inner Planets

There are _________ planets in our solar system.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The gaseous planets are much larger than the rocky planets.

• True

• False

___________ are similar to planets but are not large enough to have cleared their orbital region of other objects.

• dwarf planets

• comets

• asteroid belt

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort cloud

___________ are objects made of ice, dust, and rocks that orbit the Sun.

• dwarf planets

• comets

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort Cloud

The _________ is a region between the planets Mars and Jupiter containing thousands of rocky objects that orbit the Sun.

• dwarf planets

• comets

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

___________ was once considered a full planet but was redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

• Pluto

• Mars

• Ceres

• MakeMake