Solar System Quiz

Click on all of the terrestrial planets (inner planets)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Click on all of the gas giants (outer planets)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where is the asteroid belt found?

• Between 2&3

• Between 4&5

• Between 6&7

• Beyond 8

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Where is the Kuiper belt found?

• Between 1 & 2

• Between 4 & 5

• Between 6 & 7

• Beyond 8

Match the following terms to the correct definition

• Comet

• A larger rock that orbits the sun.

• Asteroid

• A rock that is falling through Earth's atmosphere.

• Meteor

• A smaller rock that orbits the sun.

• Meteorite

• A rock that has hit the Earth.

• Meteoroid

• An object that orbits the sun and is made of ice and rock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Reorder the following inner planets

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

Reorder the following outer planets

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Saturn

The Earth ​ (a)   on its axis causing day & night. It ​ (b)   around the sun, which takes one year.

• rotates
• revolves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name for the current model we have for the solar system, which places the sun in the center?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Egocentric