Solar System Guided Notes

The outer planets have many natural _______ such as the Galilean moons of Jupiter.

• satellites

• rings

• storms

• craters

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The outer planets are mostly made of _______.

• gas

• rock

• metal

• ice

The inner planets have _______ or no moons.

• few

• many

• hundreds

• thousands

The inner planets have solid, _______ surfaces.

• rocky

• gaseous

• liquid

• icy

The orbits of the inner planets are between the Sun and the _______ belt.

• asteroid

• Kuiper

• Van Allen

• Oort

The outer planets orbit the Sun from a position _______ the asteroid belt.

• beyond

• inside

• below

• above

The Sun is a _______-sized star.

• medium

• giant

• tiny

• supermassive

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The Sun is thousands of times _______ to Earth than any other star.

• closer

• farther

• brighter

• older

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The Sun will one day run out of fuel (_______), become a giant red star, and then collapse into a white dwarf.

• hydrogen

• helium

• oxygen

• carbon

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Our Solar System is about ____ billion years old.

• 4.6

• 1.2

• 10.5

• 2.8

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