Solar System

It consists the Sun—an average star in the Milky Way Galaxy—and those bodies orbiting around it, the planets.

• Solar System

• Planets

• Orbits

• Universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The inner and outer planets are separated by the __________.

• Meteoroids

• Comets

• Asteroid Belt

Outer planets

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune

• Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Objects in solar orbit between Jupiter and Mars are called the _____________ belt.

• planetoid

• asteroid

• meteor

• kuiper

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

They are remnants of the planet-building process in the inner and outer solar system, respectively.

• Sun and moon

• Asteroids and comets

• Stars and Planets

• Sun and Planets

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

• asteroid

• comet

• meteoroid

the motion of one object around another object

• rotation

• revolution

• spin

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The planet that is nearest to the sun.

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Saturn

The hottest planet in the solar system.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

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

• Mars

• Earth

• Pluto

• Jupiter