Solar System

a small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging from the size of a small house to dust particles

• nebula

• terrestrial planets

• collision

• asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

• Aristarchus

• accretion

• nebula

• heliocentric system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What planet is eighth in the Solar System?

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mars

A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

Which is the second closest planet to the sun?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mercury

Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars

• Pluto

• Venus

• Earth

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis

• rotation

• revolution

• satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which outer planets have rings?

• Just Saturn

• Saturn and Jupiter

• Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn

• all 4 of the outer planets

Which planet is the hottest planet?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

• Saturn

a large planet composed mostly of gases, such as hydrogen and helium, with a relatively small rocky core. The gas giants of our solar system are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

• terrestrial planets

• planetesimals

• nebula

• gas giant planets