Georgia Science

What is the correct order of the planets from the sun?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

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The sun is a...

• planet

• star

• asteroid

• moon

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Which planet is the hottest?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Neptune

What is a STAR?

• A twinkle, like a diamond, in the night sky

• A ball of fire

• Glowing ball of hot gas that makes its own energy and light

• A large spherical object in space

What is a PLANET?

• A large object in space that orbits a star, such as the sun.

• A small plan that is made ahead of time

• An object in space

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet

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What is an ATMOSPHERE?

• An envelope of gas surrounding an object in space

• The center of a planet

• A shape that you study in Geometry

• A book of maps

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What is a SUNSPOT?

• A really bad sunburn

• A dark area on the sun's surface that gives off less energy than the rest of the sun

• The hottest part of the sun

• The shadow of another object on the sun's surface

Which planet is the smallest?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

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All of the inner planets--

• have rings

• are rocky

• have deep atmospheres

• are large

Neptune and Uranus both get their blue color from--

• Methane

• Iron

• Storms

• Oxygen

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