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CPO Middle School Earth Scienc Planets Planet Types. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Inner planets include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Jupiter

The gas planets include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Venus
d) Uranus

Which planet is closest to Earth in diameter, mass, and strength of gravity?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Jupiter

Which of these planets has the most extreme variations in temperature?
a) Mercury
b) Vensu
c) Jupiter
d) Pluto

The planet which appears brightest in the night sky is:
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Saturn

The small, rocky planet with an atmosphere composed mostly of nitrogen is:
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

The largest planet in the solar system is
a) Earth
b) Jupiter
c) Saturn
d) Uranus

Mars is similar to Earth in all of these ways EXCEPT:
a) it has polar ice caps
b) it is tilted so it has seasons
c) its mass is about the same as Earth's
d) its day is about the same length as Earth's

Compared to terrestrial planets, gas planets are:
a) hotter
b) smaller
c) farther from the Sun
d) more dense

What makes up Saturn's rings
a) rocks
b) dust
c) rocks and ice
d) dust and rocks

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