The Outer Planets

Question 1

Malik creates this chart that contrasts the inner and outer planets.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Title 1 should be Outer Planets and Title 2 should be Inner Planets.

Question 2

A scientist discovers a new planet with a blue color in its atmosphere. What can he assume about the planet?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The atmosphere contains methane.

Question 3

Which statement about the inner and outer planets is true?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The inner planets revolve faster and rotate slower than the outer planets.

Question 4

An amateur astronomer is looking through a telescope and observes a planet with few moons, no rings, and a cratered surface. What is he most likely observing?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a solid inner planet

Question 5

Which is always true about the distance of a planet from the Sun?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The farther from the Sun, the longer a planet’s revolution.

Question 6

Which outer planet has a characteristic storm called the Great Red Spot?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 7

Which planets have a thick atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Jupiter; Saturn

Question 8

Which planets are the most dense?

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the inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Question 9

Which planets have rings? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune

Question 10

Sheena wants to list the outer planets from smallest to largest. Which is correct?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter

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