Solar System

How long ago was our solar system formed?

• 10 million years ago

• 4.6 million years ago

• 4.6 billion years ago

• 2 billion years ago

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

a small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging from the size of a small house to dust particles

• nebula

• terrestrial planets

• collision

• asteroids

the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

• Aristarchus

• accretion

• nebula

• heliocentric system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What planet is eighth in the Solar System?

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which is the second closest planet to the sun?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mercury

Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars

• Pluto

• Venus

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is NOT one of the

"Gas Giants"?

• Uranus

• Venus

• Neptune

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which outer planets have rings?

• Just Saturn

• Saturn and Jupiter

• Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn

• all 4 of the outer planets