Patterns in the Solar System

What is similar about all of the inner planets?

• rocky

• gasses

• many moons

• takes a long time to revolve around the sun

Which direction do all of the planets go around the sun?

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

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Review the image, which two planets is the asteroid belt located between?

• Mercury & Venus

• Mars & Jupiter

• Uranus & Neptune

• Neptune & Pluto

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The curved path of a planet around the sun is called an ________?

• Gas

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Sun

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Which term describes the time it takes for Earth to complete one circle around the sun.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Barycenter

A student made a model of how the planets orbit the sun. She used a tennis ball to represent the sun. She used small sized marbles to represent each planet, and painted each one a different color. What is wrong with this scale model?

• She used the same size marbles to represent the planets.

• She made planets orbit the sun.

• The planets are not the correct distances from the sun.

• The solar system can't be modeled using actual objects.

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The planet ______ takes the longest amount of time to complete one revolution.

Why do scientists use scientific models to study the Solar System?

• The solar system is too large to study

• The solar system is too small to study

• Scientists don't need to use models because we have satellites

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What is the primary reason for the different phases of the Moon as observed from Earth?

• The Moon's rotation on its axis

• The Earth's rotation on its axis

• The relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun

• The Moon's distance from the Earth

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Which planet in the Solar System is known for its prominent ring system?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune