Solar System

Which planets are closest to the sun?

• Mars, Earth, and Uranus

• Venus, Earth, and Jupiter

• Mercury, Venus and Earth

• Uranus, Mars, and Neptune

What is the path an object takes as it revolves around another object called?

• Orbit

• Model

• Position

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is a ball of gas in space called?

• Comet

• Star

• Planet

• Meteorite

What is a representation of something found in real life called?

• Orbit

• Model

• Dwarf Planet

• Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the planet farthest from the sun?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Earth is the ___ planet from the sun.

• 4th

• 2nd

• 8th

• 3rd

How does the Earth move in our solar system?

• Revolves around the sun.

• Revolves around the moon.

• Revolves around Jupiter.

• Revolves around Neptune.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Pluto is a...?

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Dwarf Planet

What is at the center of a solar system?

• A star

• A planet

• A model

• A moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

When scientists began studying space, they found planets, moons, and a star. What are planets, moons, and a star part of?

• A constellation

• A solar system

• A black hole

• A planet family

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3