SOLAR SYSTEM

All of the outer planets--

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

Which planet is the hottest?

• Earth
• Neptune
• Mercury
• Venus

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

• Outer Planets
• Terrestrial Planets
• Inner Planets
• Oort Cloud

What is the only planet known to contain life?

• Mars
• Earth
• Neptune
• Uranus

What characteristics do Earth and Venus share? 

• They rotate in the same direction
• They are both similar size and density
• They have the same gases in their atmospheres
• They were born at the same time

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?

• Jovian Planets
• Awesome Sauce Planets
• Gas Giants
• Inner Planets

The Sun is at the center of our solar system.  All the planets in the solar system orbit around the Sun. Which of the following planets has the longest orbit? 

• Mercury
• Earth
• Saturn
• Neptune

What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun

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

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