Planets and Orbits Lesson 2

Pick the largest

• Universe

• Solar System

• Galaxy

• Star

Pick the smallest

• Universe

• Solar System

• Galaxy

Which are true (plural)

• There are billions of stars in our galaxy

• There are billions of planets in our solar system

• There are billions of stars in our solar system

• There are billions of galaxies in the universe

The speed of light

• 300,000,000 m/s

• 300,000 m/s

• 300,000,000,000 m/s

• None of these

What is the closest planet to the sun

What planet has the largest mass

Closest to furthest from the sun

• Venus

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Earth

Largest to smallest mass

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mars

Sort these

Groups:

(a) Gas Giants

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(b) Rocky planets

,

(c) dwarf planet

• uranus

• neptune

• earth

• mercury

• pluto

• saturn

• mars

• jupiter

• venus

Reorder the following so that they are in order of greatest distance to least distance

• centimeter

• Mile

• Kilometer

• Light year

• Meter