Earth and Space Systems
What is the name of the largest volcano found on Mars?
What is Olympus Mons?
This planet has the fastest revolution.
What is Jupiter?
I am the force that holds the planets in orbit around the sun. May the force be with YOU!
What is Gravity?
What is the imaginary line called that planets rotate on?
What is an axis?
I am the planet that everyone calls "Red". My soil is rust-colored instead. Look up and you may spot me in the sky.
What is Mars?
The sun, moon, planets, asteroids, and comets all make up our -
What is the Solar System?
Pluto is now classified as what?
What is a dwarf planet?
The moon's gravitational pull causes four of these to occur on Earth each day. How many hours separate high and low tide?
6 hours
What is the path a planet takes around the Sun called?
What is an orbit?
With over 63 moons, you might say I have a lot. Look with a telescope to see my big, red spot.
What is Jupiter?
I am also called the "Evening Star", catch me if you can!
What is Venus?
This planet has hundreds of rings made of chunks of ice and rock. I am the 7th planet.
What is Uranus?
Who is the scientist given credit for discovering the laws of gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
What is the zone called that allows the Earth to support life ?
What is the habitable zone?
Which two planets appear blue because of methane gasses?
Uranus and Neptune
A natural satellite that orbits all planets except Mercury and Venus is called the/their -
What is the moon?
The second largest planet in the solar system is called-
What is Saturn?
What fraction of gravity is present on the moon, compared to Earth?
The moon has 1/6 the amount of gravity that Earth does.
Which planet has the fastest revolution of all the planets?
Mercury
A gas planet that's off in the distance, only recently they found my rings in existence. I have a different rotation than the other seven planets.
What is Uranus?
Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars can be called these two things?
What are the Inner planets and terrestrial planets?
If something weighs 600 pounds on Earth, how much would it weigh on the moon?
100 pounds
I was an Italian scientist, who first used the telescope to study the sky. I believed that Earth traveled around the Sun in 1609.
What is Galileo?
I am an outer planet that is named after the god of the Sea.
What is Neptune?