Planet Characteristics

Which of the following planets rotates on its side?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

The ___ of a planet determines its day.

• ellipse

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

The ___ of a planet determines its year.

• rotation

• ellipse

• revolution

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

All inner planets have the following in common except:

• signs of volcanic activity

• layers of core, mantle, crust

• ice on their surfaces

• solid, rocky surface

Which inner planet has clouds of acid (sulfuric acid)?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which inner planet has a day that is longer than its year? Its day is 244 Earth days; its year is 225 Earth days?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which inner planet has the shortest year?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Besides Earth, which inner planet has a greenhouse effect which causes it to be the hottest planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which inner planet has red soil with a high content of iron oxide?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which outer planet has a density less than water's density and would float in water?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune