The Solar System

Which planet has only one natural satellite?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mercury

Which planet has the highest albedo of all the planets and is the brightest planet in the night sky?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet" due to the iron content of its soil giving it a reddish appearance?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

Which planet is the densest planet in our solar system?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which planet has the largest day-night temperature difference of all the planets?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which planet has a retrograde and a sideways rotation?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

Triton is the largest natural satellite of which planet?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mercury

Which planet has two irregularly-shaped natural satellites, Phobos and Deimos?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Kepler's ________ (First, Second or Third) Law of Planetary Motion states that each planet orbits the sun in an ellipse.

Kepler's ________ (First, Second or Third) Law of Planetary Motion states that a line joining the Sun and a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4