Inner and Outer Planets

Which group of planets are denser?

• inner

• outer

Which group of planets are smaller?

• inner

• outer

The inner planets are made of rocks and called the Terrestrial Planets.

• True

• False

The inner planets are smaller than the outer planets.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Small diameter

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Orbit the sun

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which term describes the composition of the outer planets?

• rocky

• solid

• water

• gaseous

All the outer planets are made mostly of

• water ice.

• metal and rock.

• gas and liquid around a solid core.

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

What is the primary component of the atmosphere of the outer planets?

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen