PLANETS
What is the planet we live on?
Earth
What is the area between Mars and Jupiter where asteroids orbit the Sun?
Asteroid Belt
What are the four planets with orbits farthest from the Sun called?
Outer planets
What is a meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere called?
Meteor
Name the dwarf planet we talked about in class.
Pluto
What is the number of known planets?
Eight
What are large planets with surfaces made of gas?
Gas giants
What is another name for the four planets with orbits closest to the Sun called?
Inner planets
What are chunks of small rocky, metallic, or icy objects from asteroids or comets?
Meteoroids
What is the fun saying we use to learn the names of the planets?
My Very Exhausted Mother Just Served Us Nachos
Which planet is the farthest from the sun?
Neptune
What is a bowl shaped dent caused by a meteor called?
crater
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
When a meteor hits the Earth, what does it leave?
Crater
True or False: Gas giants have rings.
True
Which planet along with Venus has no known moons?
Mercury
What are large, bright objects that orbit the Sun; they are made of dust, small rocks, ice, and other frozen gases?
Comets
Name the outer planets.
What happens to a meteoroid as it enters the Earth's atmosphere?
It gets hot and glows
Where are most of the asteroids in our solar system located?
Between Mars and Jupiter; Asteroid Belt
What is the planet that rotates in the opposite directon from all the other planets?
Venus
What is a meteor that reaches Earth called?
Meteorite
Earth is a(an) __________
Inner planet
Almost all meteors do this before they reach the Earth's surface.
How would you describe the shape of a comet's orbit around the Sun?
elliptical