3.9B Solar System Guided Practice

A group of students are conducting a research project over the fourth planet from the Sun. Which planet is the fourth planet from the Sun?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

Farthest from the Sun and the outermost planet in the solar system is which planet?

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Earth

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Students are asked to draw a model of the planets in our solar system. The model below is one student’s drawing. Which answer choice best explains why the student’s drawing is not accurate?

• The Sun should be placed at the end rather than at the beginning of the drawing.

• The Sun should be placed in the middle of the planets.

• The planets in the drawing should be different sizes to represent how they are in the solar system.

• There should be one less planet in the student’s drawing.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Based on what you know about the position of the planets in relation to the Sun, which planets have shorter years than Earth?

• Mercury, Venus, and Mars

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter

Analyze the chart. Which answer choice best completes the missing categories on the chart?

• Sun, Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter,

  Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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

  Uranus, Neptune, Sun

• Sun, Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Saturn,

  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,

  Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planets have a longer orbit than Earth but a shorter orbit than Saturn?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Uranus and Neptune

• Venus and Mercury

• Jupiter and Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet represents number 1 in the diagram?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many planets are closer to the Sun than Jupiter?

• 2

• 5

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which statement best compares Earth to the other planets in relation to the Sun?

• The Earth is closer to the Sun than Venus.

• The Earth is farther from the Sun than Mars.

• The Earth is closer to the Sun than Jupiter.

• The Earth is farther from the Sun than Saturn.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is the student describing?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Neptune