Solar System Review

Which term describes a planet that has no solid surface, is eleven times larger than Earth, and has colored cloud patterns caused by enormous storms in its atmosphere?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

This celestial object is a collection of planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects that orbit around a central star which provides gravitational force.

• Solar System

• Gas Giants

• Galaxy

• Universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

These planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, composed primarily of rocks and metals.

• Gas Giants

• Outer Planets

• Terrestrial Planets

• Rocky Bodies

This planet is closest to the sun, heavily cratered, looks like our moon, and is the smallest planet in our solar system.

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet appears blue because of its atmosphere, is very cold, and is roughly four times the size of Earth?

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Venus

This planet is sometimes called the red planet, has a thin atmosphere, and vast network of canyons and riverbeds.

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

This celestial body is an average-sized yellow star, about 109 times the diameter of Earth, and emits radiation in the form of radiant energy.

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This planet has rings, is the sixth from the sun, and is almost ten times the size of Earth.

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet has a permanent blanket of clouds that traps thermal energy causing high surface temperatures?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

This natural satellite has about one quarter the diameter of Earth, extreme temperatures, and virtually no atmosphere.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Planet