How Well Do You Know the Solar System?

What is in the center of our solar system?

• Earth

• Asteroid

• Sun

• Milky Way

The planet that averages 150 million km, or one AU, from the Sun.

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The solid portion of a comet

• Tail

• Heart

• Coma

• Nucleus

A planet that appears reddish-yellow due to iron oxide in its rocks.

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Uranus

• Neptune

The Great Red Spot, a continuous storm, is located on the planet.

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

____ are small pieces of rock moving through space.

• Meteorites

• Meteroids

• Meteors

• Meatier

Pieces of rock that actually strike Earth’s surface are called

• Meteorites

• Meteoroids

• Meteors

• Comets

Most asteroids are located in an area between the orbits of ____.

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Neptune and Pluto

This planet is second largest in the solar system, is the sixth planet from the Sun, and has the lowest density.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What causes the greenhouse effect on Venus and Earth?

• a lot of plants

• solar energy trapped by gases in their atmosphere

• how close they are to the Sun

• glass enclosures