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Scale Properties of the Solar System
Scale Properties of the Solar System
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MS-ESS1-3: Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
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What are the gas giants known as...?
The inner planets
The Terrestrial Planets
The Jovian Planets
The planets with the least amount of moons
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Which planets are most similarly sized?
Mars & Earth
Jupiter & Saturn
Earth & Venus
Mercury & Jupiter
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Which of these is NOT an outer planet?
Mercury
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
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What unit of measurement is used for scale in our solar system?
Miles (m)
Astronomical Units (AU)
Lightyears (ly)
Inches (in)
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Which planets are farther apart?
Rocky Planets
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Hot Planets
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Using the graph, summarize the sizes of the inner planets vs. the outer planets...
Jupiter is the smallest planet
Outer are larger than inner
All planets are about the same size
Inner are larger than outer
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What are the gas giants made mostly out of?
Hydrogen and Helium
Rocks and Metal
Sprinkles and Magic
Space debris
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Which solar system object should have the highest density?
Gas planet
Terrestrial Planet
Dwarf planet
Comet
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Why are Terrestrial Planets (TP) the densest objects?
False
Because they are made of rock
Because they are made of gas
True
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True or False: Outer planets are all gas giants
True
False
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True or False: Planets produce their own light.
True
False
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What is the center of a planet called?
Core
Center
Rock
Super Spicy Hot©
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What are the smaller planets mostly made of?
Hopes and Dreams
Hydrogen and Helium
Rock and Metal
Stardust and Sprinkles
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_______ is the closest planet to the Sun (.4 AU).
Venus
Neptune
Earth
Mercury
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What is at the center of our Solar System?
The Sun
A Black Hole
The Earth
The moon
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Which of these is NOT an inner planet?
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Neptune
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The length of a planet's year is determined by...
its size (equatorial diameter)
its period of rotation on its axis
its period of revolution around the sun
its tilt
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What type of solar system object will have the largest mass and diameter?
Gas planets
Comets
Terrestrial planets
Asteroids
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True or False? Every planet has a moon.
False
True
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Which planets are closer together?
Inner Planets
Gas Planets
Cold Planets
Outer Planets
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What shape is a planet's orbit?
Ellipse
Circle
Spongebob shaped
Triangle
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Why are Gas Planets (GP) the LEAST dense objects?
True
False
Because they are made of gas
Because they are made of rock
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The small rocky planets are also known as...?
The planets with the most rings and moons
Terrestrial planets
The Jovian planets
The outer planets
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_______ is the farthest
major
planet from the Sun (30 AU).
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
