NASA Glenn Videoconference: Space and the Solar System
Pre-Conference Assessment (HS): To be printed and completed prior to the Pre-Conference Activity.



Saturn

Pluto

Jupiter

Venus

Neptune

Mercury

Earth

Mars

Uranus


  1. List the planets in order, starting with the planet closest to the sun.









  2. Which planet is the largest? ________________ Which is the smallest? ______________________


  3. Name two planets that do not have moons.


  4. What planet "sits on its side"?


  5. What are Saturn's rings made of?


  6. Which planets, other than Saturn, have rings?


  7. What is the most massive body in the solar system?


  8. Continue to the Pre-conference activity.

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