Solar System

How many planets are in the solar system?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

What is NOT a requirement for an object to be considered a planet?

• Have a moon

• Dominate its orbit

• Be spherical

• Be in orbit around a star

Which of these planets is a terrestrial planet?

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Venus

What is Pluto?

• An asteroid

• A dwarf planet

• A moon

• A planet

What is generally the correct order of objects from smallest to largest?

• Meteoroid, planet, dwarf planet, Sun, solar system

• Dwarf planet, meteoroid, planet, Sun, solar system

• Meteoroid, dwarf planet, planet, solar system, Sun

• Meteoroid, dwarf planet, planet, Sun, solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the Oort cloud?

• The furthest boundary of our solar system

• The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Another name for the Kuiper Belt

• An area beyond Neptune full of dwarf planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where is the Kuiper Belt?

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Between Mercury and Venus

• Beyond Neptune

• Between Uranus and Neptune

The Sun and other stars orbit Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In space, the planets are lined up in perfect order from the Sun.

• true

• false

The solar system is made up of eight planets.

• true

• false