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PLANETS

PLANETS. How many planets are in the Solar System?. 8. Name the eight planets in the correct order as they go from the sun. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Clue: My Very Eager Mother Just Sold Us Nine Pizzas. What are the four inner planets?.

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PLANETS

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  1. PLANETS

  2. How many planets are in the Solar System? 8

  3. Name the eight planets in the correct order as they go from the sun. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Clue: My Very Eager Mother Just Sold Us Nine Pizzas

  4. What are the four inner planets? Mercury Venus Earth Mars

  5. What are the four outer planets? Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

  6. What splits the four inner planets from the four outer planets? Asteroid Belt

  7. What is the farthest planet from the sun? Neptune

  8. What is the sun? Average-size star that gives off light

  9. What two things are the sun composed of? Hydrogen and Helium

  10. What are stars? Huge balls of gas

  11. What is an orbit? A path that planets follow around the sun!

  12. What orbits around the Sun? Planets

  13. What does the Earth orbit? Sun

  14. What does the moon orbit? Earth

  15. What two things keep the planets in orbit and how? Gravity: Force that pulls the planets toward the Sun Inertia: A moving object that tends to keep moving in a straight line

  16. What would happen to the planets if gravity were only working? Pulled into the Sun

  17. What would happen to the planets if inertia was only working? Go in a straight line and fly off into space

  18. Why does life exist on Earth and not on other planets in our solar system? • Right Temperature • Air • Water • Resources

  19. What is a day? What is the reason for night and day? A day is the amount of time it takes a planet to complete one spin. When the Earth spins, then only one side can be facing the Sun.

  20. Name some characteristics of the moon. • No water • No air • No weather • Temperature changes greatly • Rocky Surfaces • Many craters

  21. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases? One Month

  22. What is Earth’s nearest neighbor? Moon

  23. What are constellations? Patterns formed by groups of stars in the night sky

  24. Why do constellations appear to move across the sky? Because Earth rotates

  25. Describe the inner planets. • Solid, rocky crusts • Have atmospheres • Do not have rings • Warmer Temperatures • Slow rotation time

  26. What planet is the only one that can support life? Earth

  27. Describe the outer planets. • Gaseous • Has rings • Cooler Temperatures • Many moons • Slow revolution time

  28. What is an asteroid belt? Region between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found.

  29. What are asteroids? “Minor Planet” Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun.

  30. What are meteors? A chunk of rock from space that burns up as it travels through Earth’s atmosphere. A “shooting star”

  31. What are meteorites? A chunk of rock from space that strikes the surface of Earth or the Moon.

  32. What are comets? A “dirty snowball” orbiting the Sun- a mixture of ices, frozen gases, rock, and dust left over from the formation of the solar system.

  33. What is a galaxy? A collection of billions of stars.

  34. What is the Milky Way? Our galaxy

  35. What is our solar system? The Sun and the objects that are traveling around it.

  36. What is a planet? Any of the eight major objects that travel around the Sun and shine by reflecting its light.

  37. What is gravity? The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.

  38. What does revolve mean? To move around, or orbit, another object.

  39. What is an orbit? The path a planet travels in as it goes around the Sun.

  40. What are phases? As the moon travels around Earth, we see different amounts of its lighted half.

  41. What effect is there because of the Earth’s tilt? Sun’s light shines differently throughout the year

  42. What is an atmosphere? The blanket of gases surrounding the Earth

  43. What is rotation time? Time it takes for a planet to turn on its axis (24 hours)

  44. What is revolution time? Time it takes for a planet to orbit the Sun (One Year)

  45. What is a light year? Distance light travels in a year 5.8 trillion miles

  46. MERCURY • Closest planet to the Sun • Extremely hot and cold temperatures

  47. VENUS Hottest planet

  48. EARTH • Water Planet • Right temperature and resources for life • Revolution time: 1 year • Rotation time: 1 day

  49. MARS • Largest volcano in our solar system • Red Planet

  50. JUPITER • Largest planet • Gas Giant

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