Planet Characteristics Check

The 4 planets closest to the sun are called

• Terrestrial planets

• Gas giants

The 4 inner planets in order are

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Select 2 choices that are characteristics of the terrestrial planets

• Made of gases

• rocky surface

• many moons

• rings

• few moons

Planets that are closer to the sun

• take more time to orbit

• take less time to orbit

What are the 4 planets farthest from the sun called?

• Terrestrial planets

• Gas giants

The 4 terrestrial planets are larger than the 4 gas giants

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What are the 4 gas giants in order?

• Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Venus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

The 4 gas giants take _____________ to orbit the sun than the 4 terrestrial planets

• the same amount of time

• longer

• less time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Gas giants are larger in size compared to the terrestrial planets

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Select 2 characteristics of gas giants that terrestrial planets do not have

• rings

• few moons

• hard rocky surface

• made of hydrogen and helium gases

• smaller size