Solar System

What is the largest planet in the Solar System?

• Earth

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many known Solar Systems are there?

• Over 500

• Over 50

• Over 300

What are the features of a Terrestrial Planet?

• Made of rocky material.

• Surfaces are solid.

• Don’t have rings.

• Few moons.

• Relatively small.

What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

• Jupiter

What are the features of a Jovian Planet?

• Multiple moons.

• Support ring systems.

• Are immense.

• No solid surface.

What planet can rotate on it’s side?

• Uranus

• Earth

• Neptune

What is the Oort Cloud?

• Collection of Icy Debris.

• Clouds in the sky.

• Edge of the solar system as the physical influences of the sun end.

• Dwarf Planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

List the planets from closest to the Sun to furthest.

What orbits the planets?

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

The solar system is _________ years old.

• 2.8 billion

• 4.6 billion

• 8 million

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4