The Planets

Imagine astronaut Alice is moving from Earth to Mars. The mass of Alice's space suit does not change between these two planets.

• True

• False

The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

• True

• False

What planet is this, as seen from the Hubble Space Telescope?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

Imagine observing the solar system from a space observatory. In which direction do you notice planets and space particles rotating around the sun?

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

• any direction they want

Imagine you're an astronaut exploring the solar system. Which planet would you identify as the largest?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

During a school space project, Alex referred to a particular planet as the 'Red Planet'. Which planet was Alex referring to?

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

• Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

During a school astronomy project, Alex points out that the sun, which we see every day, is actually a star. Is Alex correct?

• True

• False