Inner and Outer Planets

Located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun

• Asteroid belt

• Uranus

• Moons

Which planet is the smallest?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

All of the inner planets--

• have rings

• are rocky

• have deep atmospheres

• are large

Nicknamed the 'red planet'.

• Venus

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Mars

Which group of planets have shorter years?

• inner

• outer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The factors that contribute to Mercury’s daily temperature fluctuation of about 600°C are the planet’s slow rotation and

• its close proximity to the sun.

• its dense atmosphere.

• its heavy, rocky, waterless terrain.

Uranus’s axis

• moves in a predictable manner.

• is almost parallel to its plane of orbit.

• flips once per orbit around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which list places the inner planets in order from largest in size to smallest in size?

• Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

• Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which is the correct order of the Outer Planets?

• Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune

• Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn

• Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The inner planets are:

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn