Solar System Unit Test

Move the planets into their correct categories.

Groups:

(a) Terrestrial (Inner)

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(b) Gas giants (Outer)

• Mars

• Mercurcy

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Earth

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Reorder the following terrestrial (inner) planets.

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Reorder the following gas giants (outer) planets.

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Type in one of the Sun's many names.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes the "light shows" like the Aurora Borealis?

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

What is this man's name?

• George Washington

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Galileo Galilei

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Why is gravity important?

• Gravity pulls objects towards Earth.

• It keeps us and other objects from floating into space.

• It keeps the whole solar system together.

• All of the above.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is Mercury's distance from the Sun?

• 36 million miles

• 93 million miles

• 483 million miles

• 886 million miles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Type in one important fact about Mercury.

What is Venus's distance from the Sun?

• 36 million miles

• 93 million miles

• 483 million miles

• 67 million miles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3