Solar System

Which is the correct order of planets, starting with closest to the sun?

• Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet has the shortest year?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

Which planet has the hottest temperature?

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

• Earth

Which Terrestrial planet has 2 moons

• Mars 
• Earth 
• Venus
• Mercury

Gravity of this object keeps planets in their orbits

• moon

• sun

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What are the first four terrestrial planets made of?

• Gas
• Rock
• Metal
• Ice

What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun

• gravity & inertia
• heat & pressure
• inertia & pressure
• gravity & heat

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is an astronomical unit?

• distance between the moon and earth
• distance between the earth and pluto
• distance between the earth and sun
• distance between NJ and Cali

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons
• are small
• have a short orbit around the Sun
• are rocky

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons