Solar System Review

What do all the planets in our solar system have in common?

• they all have liquid water

• they all have elliptical orbits

• they all have dense atmospheres

• they all have moons

What determines the length of a planet's year?

• the time it takes to rotate on its axis

• the time it takes to revolve around the

  Earth

• the time it takes to revolve around the sun

• the time it takes to rotate around the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which planet would most likely have a longer year - the one closer or farther from the sun?

• the closer to the sun, the longer the year

• the farther away, the longer the year

• neither, it depends on the rotation

• the distance from the sun would not matter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What determines the length of a planet's day?

• the time it take to revolve around the sun

• the time it takes to revolve around the Earth

• the time it takes to rotate on its axis

• the tilt of its axis

Investigate the role of gravity in the formation of the solar system.

• Gravity caused the planets to move away from the Sun.

• Gravity caused the planets to form from a rotating disk of gas and dust.

• Gravity caused the planets to collide and form moons.

• Gravity caused the planets to stop moving.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• The distance between the Earth and the Sun

• The Earth's orbit around the Sun

• The axial tilt of the Earth

• The Moon's orbit around the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What do all of the planets have in common?

• their mass

• the number of moons

• their composition

• the shape of their orbit

Which would more than likely have more moons?

• a very small planet

• a very massive planet

• a planet very far from the star it orbits

• a planet very close to the star it orbits