Solar System 1

What is the Sun?

• It is a satellite
• It is a Star
• It is a comet
• It is a planet

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

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What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

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

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What do Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common?

• They are all very cold planets.

• They are considered terrestrial planets, that is rocky or have metals with hard surface.

• They are about the same size.

• They are considered gas giants

The four inner planets are rocky and small. Which description best fits the next four outer planets?

• They are also rocky and small.

• They are very large and has no moons

• They are small and made of ice.

• They are very large, made of gases with no solid surface

A cloud of gas and dust is called a....

• Solar System

• Nebula

• Galaxy

• Red Giant

A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Which property makes Earth unique compared to other planets in the solar system?

• It orbits the Sun.

• It is a rocky planet

• It has liquid water

• It rotates on its axis.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which planet has the most extensive ring structure, the second largest in solar system, has at least 31 moons (the largest being Titan), and has thick outer rings of hydrogen, helium, ammonia, methane, and water vapor?

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Pluto

What do Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common?

• They are all very cold planets.

• They are considered terrestrial planets, that is rocky or have metals with hard surface.

• They are about the same size.

• They are considered gas giants

A student is looking at a model of the solar system noted there is a belt of objects in orbit in between Mars and Jupiter. What are these orbiting objects?

• Comets

• Moons

• Asteroids

• Pluto