Vocabulary
Skill Review
Planet vs Planet
Terms from the Selection
Planets Rock!!
100

The sun and all the planets, satellites, and comets that circle around it.

What is the solar system?

100
Can you summarize in one sentence the 2 main features of the solar system?
What is The solar system is mainly made up of the sun and 8 planets.
100
What is "Earth's Satellite"?
What is the moon?
100
In Latin, what does 'sol' mean?
What is sun?
100
What is the only planet that has plants and animals?
What is Earth?
200

A cloud of gas and dust in space.  Stars form in nebulae

What is Nebula

200
How many syllables does the word temperatures have?
What is 4?
200
How many planets have rings?
What is 4
200
If you thought you saw a shooting star in the sky, what did you actually see?
What is a meteor?
200
What planet is farthest from the sun and has a temperature of -328 degrees below zero (not including dwarf planets)?
What is Neptune?
300

The distance light travels in one year, which is about 9.5 trillion kilometers.

What is light-year

300
What is the genre of The Planets of Our Solar System?
What is informational non-fiction?
300
Which planet takes 88 days to circle the sun? It is very close to the sun.
What is Mercury?
300
What are big chunks of rock that go around the sun that can be as big as a house, mountain, or even bigger?
What is an asteroid?
300
What is the smallest planet (not including dwarf planets)?
What is Mercury?
400

The force that objects exert on each other because of their mass

What is gravity

400
Why did the author write The Planets in Our Solar System?
What is to teach the reader about the solar system. (inform)
400
How long does it take Neptune to circle the sun?
What is 165 years?
400
What are collections of ice, gas, and dust? The tail of these might be millions of miles long,
What is a comet?
400
What are the 2 hottest planets?
What is Mercury and Venus?
500

The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity.

What is orbit

500

How are color and temperature related in Stars?

What is the color of the star indicates its temperature.  The cooler the star (oldest star is red; the hotter the star blue-white (younger) the star.

500
Name at least 3 planets can bee seen in the night sky? (There are 5)
What is Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn?
500

These are bits of rock and metal. There are small objects from outer space that passes through earth's atmosphere and reaches the surface. 

What is a meteorite?

500
Name the planets in order.
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