Planets in Order

What are the planets in order from the closest to the Sun to the furthest from the Sun?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What are the planets in order from the largest to the smallest?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The terrestrial planets in order from the Sun

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

• Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The gaseous planets in order from the Sun.

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

A student draws this model of the solar system. What are the names, in order, of the first four planets from the sun?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth

• Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is one advantage of studying a model like the one in the picture?

• To test the effects of the sun’s gravity on each planet

• To identify and compare the order of the planets in the solar system

• To show the distance of each planet from other stars

• To form a hypothesis of how long it takes each planet to spin on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which lists the planets in the correct order in relation to the sun?

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• None of the above

What are the planets in order from the closest to the Sun to the furthest from the Sun?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What are the planets in order from the largest to the smallest?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The terrestrial planets in order from the Sun

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

• Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune