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- 1. Multiple Choice
What are the Inner planets?
Select ALL that apply.
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Saturn
- 2. Multiple Choice
The inner planets are _______ than the outer planets.
colder
bigger
warmer
smarter
- 3. Multiple Choice
All of the inner planets are made of _________ material.
liquid
icey
rocky
gassy
- 4. Multiple Choice
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Neptune
- 5. Multiple Choice
What planet is known as the red planet because of its red looking surface?
Earth
Saturn
Uranus
Mars
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.static electricityrotationgravityorbit
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.solar systemearthrotationUnited States
- 8. Multiple ChoiceSelect the order from smallest to largest.Sun, Milky Way, solar system, universeSun, Milky Way, universe, solar systemSun, solar system, Milky Way, universeSun, solar system, universe, Milky Way
- 9. Multiple ChoiceOne of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.The inner planets all have waterthe inner planets are much bigger than the outer planetsthe outer planets are gas planetsthe inner planets have rings, and the outer planets don't
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order of the inner planets?Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, NeptuneMercury, Venus, Earth, MarsMercury, Earth, Mars, VenusJupiter, Mars, Uranus, Neptune
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the largest object in our solar system?SunJupiterEarthPluto
- 12. Multiple Choice
What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?
gravity
speed
string
air currents
- 13. Multiple Choice
How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
30 days
365 days
100 days
40 days
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the composition of most comets?rock, ice, salt carbonrock, ice magma, frozen gasesice, dust, rock, frozen gasesice, dust, rock, soil
- 15. Multiple ChoiceDescribe a comets origin and orbit.Between Mars and Jupiter, long-elliptical orbitOort cloud or Kuiper belt, circular orbit similar to a planetAnother galaxy, long-elliptical orbitOort cloud or Kuiper belt, long elliptical orbit
- 16. Multiple ChoiceDescribe an asteroids origin and orbitBetween Mars and Jupiter, long elliptical orbitBetween Mars and Jupiter, circular orbitAnother galaxy, long elliptical orbitOort cloud, long elliptical orbit
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHow does a meteor compare to a meteorite?A meteor is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on EarthA meteorite is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on EarthMeteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of iceThey are the same thing
- 18. Multiple Choice
A planet must:
Be in orbit around the Earth
Be sufficient mass to assume a nearly round shape
Clear the atmosphere around its orbit
none of these
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