Unit 1: Planets Review

Which of the following is NOT a gas giant? (Hint: This is the only one that is an inner planet!)

• Saturn
• Neptune
• Jupiter
• Earth

What is the name of the planet CLOSEST to the sun?

• Venus
• Mars
• Mercury
• Neptune

What keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

• distance
• gravity
• shape
• light

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Which best describes a planet?

• it moves in an orbit around a star
• it is a ball of hot gases
• it produces light of its own
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

In the picture below, which planet has the LONGEST year? (Hint: It would take this planet the longest time to make one revolution around the Sun.)

• Planet 1
• Planet 2
• Planet 3
• Planet 4

How are the four planets closest to the Sun physically different from the outer planets?

• They are made of gases and very small
• They are made of rock and very small
• They are made of gases and very large
• They are made of rock and very large

Check the FOUR INNER PLANETS. (Closest to the Sun)

• Earth
• Mars
• Mercury
• Venus
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Check the FOUR OUTER PLANETS. (Farthest from the Sun)

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Neptune
• Uranus
• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The picture below shows a model of the Solar System. What is shown correctly in this model of the Solar System?

• The speed the planets orbit the Sun
• The exact distance each planet is from the Sun
• The location of the planets in order from the Sun
• The composition (what it is made of) of the planet and the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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What is the name of the planet FARTHEST from the sun?

• Uranus
• Neptune
• Saturn
• Jupiter