The Solar System Giants & Dwarfs

Large planets made up of mostly hydrogen and helium are ________

• Giant planets

  (Gas Giants)

• Dwarf Planets

• Celestial Bodies

• Saturn

Celestial bodies that orbit the sun are large enough to be nearly round and haven't cleared their orbit of other objects are___________.

• Giant planets

  (Gas Giants)

• Dwarf Planets

• asteroids and comets

• Hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many planets are there in the Solar System?

• eight
• three
• nine
• ten

In your giants and dwarfs lab packet, which planet is the largest?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Venus

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

In your giants and dwarfs lab packet, which planet is the smallest?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mercury

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

In your giants and dwarfs packet, how big is the largest planet?

• 40.5 million m

• 300.5 million m

• 71.4 million m

• 29.4 million m

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What does radius mean?

• the distance all the way around the circle

• straight line from the center to the circumference of a circle or sphere.

• how many miles away from the sun

• how planets orbit around the sun

What are some examples of dwarf planets?

• Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars

• Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu

• Haumea, Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Makemake

• Uranus and Neptune

Whata re some examples of Giant planets?

• Haumea, Hawaii, Sun, Moon

• Pluto, Eres, Ceres, Makemake

• Earth, Mars, Venus, Pluto

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

In your giants and dwarfs LAB packet, Terrestrials are the __________ planets.

• smallest

• largest

• shortest

• tallest