planets
the sun
planets 2
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vocab
100
This is the planet that is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
The sun is the center of this system.
What is the solar system?
100

What is the smallest planet?

Mercury 

100

What is Mrs. Snapp's husband's name?

Caleb

100

Irregularly shaped rocks orbiting the sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter 

Asteroids

200

This is the 5th planet from the sun.

What is Jupiter?

200
The sun is a type of this gas sphere that gives off light and heat.
What is a star?
200
name the planets in order from the sun 

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 

200

True or false. One AU is equal to the distance between Earth and the Moon 

False. Between the Sun and Earth 

200

What is a comet? 

A ball of ice and dust whose orbit is a long, narrow ellipse 
300
This is what all the planets have in common?
What is "they revolve around the sun?"
300
It takes the earth 365 days to do this.
What is revolve (orbit) around the sun?
300

What is one reason Pluto is no longer considered a planet? 

Multiple answers can be correct 

300

What did Galileo do and discover? 

He researched Outer Space and discovered Jupiter's moons 

300

Explain the difference between Mass and Weight 

mass - how much stuff 

weight - the effect of gravity 

400

These are the rocky/terrestrial planets.

What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

400
This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation.
What is 24 hours --or one day?
400

What is something all the Gas Giants have in common?

They have rings

400
These two things cause the earth to experience seasons.
What is the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun?
400
The attractive force between two objects 

Gravity

500
These are the gas giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
500

What is Mrs. Snapp's favorite chocolate bar? 

Reese's

500
Which planet is known as earth's twin? 

Venus

500

What two things hold the planets in their orbits around the sun?

Gravity and Inertia 

500

What is the difference between a meteoroid, meteorite, and a meteor? 

1 - Meteoroid 2-Meteor 3-Meteorite  

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