Solar System Review

A small orbiting body made of dust, ice and frozen gases is a __________

• Planet
• Comet
• Solar System
• Asteroid

The sun and all of the bodies that revolve around it is the __________

• Planet
• Comet
• Solar System
• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where is the asteroid belt?

• Between the inner and outer planets
• Past pluto
• All over our solar system
• Between Earth and Venus

What is a fact about the outer, Jovian planets?

• They are smaller.

• They are made of rock

• They are made of gas.

• They have no rings.

What is a fact about the inner, Terrestrial planets?

• They are smaller.

• They are made of gas.

• They have many moons.

• They have rings.

Irregular celestial bodies made of rock and metal, usually found between Mars and Jupiter

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Meteorite

What natural satellites would you find orbiting around a planet?

• sun

• moons

• comets

• meteorites

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the order of the INNER planets from closest to farthest from the sun?

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What is the order of the OUTER planets from closest to farthest from the sun?

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The outer planets are mostly made of ________. 

• Rock
• Water
• Pizza
• Gas