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Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter
What planet do humans live on?
Earth
What planet could life possibly be found?
Mars
Pluto has always been a dwarf planet. True or False?
False
Does Mercury have an atmosphere?
NO
All the gases around a planet
Atmosphere
force that keeps each planet in its path around the Sun
Gravity
The Sun is a huge star. True or False?
True
Name the inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Name the outer planets.
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Pluto, MakeMake, Ceres, Eris, Haumea
What is the hottest planet?
Venus
The time it takes for a planet to complete one revolution around the Sun?
A year
The time it takes a planet to rotate once.
A day
What are the outer planets made of?
Gas
Why are the outer planets called the gas giants?
They are giant and they are made of gas.
What are the inner planets made of?
Rock
What is the period of revolution?
When an object orbits around the Sun.
What is the period of rotation?
When an object spins.
The correct order of the planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The difference between rotating and revolving.
Rotating is spinning and revolving is orbiting or going around something.
The gases that make up Earth's atmosphere.
A mixture of gases and a small amount of water vapor.
The difference between a mereoroid, meteorite, and meteor.
A meteoroid is a small rocky object. A meteorite is a meteoroid that strikes a planet. A meteor is the streak of light that follows a meteoroid when it moves through space.
Why is Venus hotter than Mercury?
The greenhouse effect-planets atmosphere traps solar energy and causes surface temperatures to increase.