Solar System

Which is a Jovian planet?

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Earth

• Venus

Which planet is terrestrial?

• Earth

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Compared to the Jovian planets, Earth is

• heavier (has more mass)

• farther from the sun

• less dense

• more dense

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Heliocentric means

• the sun is the center of the solar system

• the Earth is the center of the solar system

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Using your earth science reference table, which planet has the shortest period of revolution?

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Earth

• Saturn

According to your earth science reference table, which planet has the largest density?

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Earth

• Uranus

These planets are gaseous, relatively large and have a low density

• Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn

• Venus, Jupiter, and Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus

• Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus

The Earth is closer to the sun than Mars.

• True

• False

The Earth and our solar system were formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Which planet has the largest equatorial diameter?

• Earth's moon

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3