Parts of the Solar System

Which planet is between Mercury and Earth?

• Mars

• Uranus

• Venus

• the Moon

What is a planet?

• a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky

• a large ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light

• a large ball or rock or gas that moves around the sun

• a toy aliens play with

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is the largest?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth

• Earth and moon orbit Sun

• Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

• Earth and sun orbit moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

Neptune

Earth

Jupiter

Uranus

Saturn

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Another name for Inner planets is called ​ ​ (a)   .

• terrestrial

• Celestial

• Gaseous

• Heliocentric

• thermodynamic

How many planets are there in our solar system?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Made of ice and rock; considered a Dwarf planet

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Pluto

Are small, rocky objects that mostly lie in a belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Is used to divide inner and outer planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteoroids