Investigating the Solar System

The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

• solar system

• earth

• rotation

• United States

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity

• speed

• string

• air currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What pulled the matter towards the center of the nebula as the solar system was forming?

• inertia

• heat

• pressure

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun

• Asteroid belt

• Uranus

• Moons

The Sun is at the center of our solar system.  All the planets in the solar system orbit around the Sun. Which of the following planets has the longest orbit? 

• Mercury

• Earth

• Saturn

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The planet spins around an imaginary line called its _____.  

• satellite

• axis

• equator

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which planet has a Great Red Spot?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune 

What is the correct order of the planets from the sun?

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

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This is the only planet in the solar system with oceans of liquid water.

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This gas giant has a large storm in its atmosphere known as The Red Spot

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune