Planet Power
These large objects orbit the sun
What are planets
These are rocks that orbit the Sun and can be very small or large.
What are asteroids
These objects contain dust, small rocks, ice, and frozen gases and orbit the Sun.
What are comets?
This planet is closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
These are large planets made mostly of gas.
What are gas giants?
This is the number of known planets in our solar system
What is eight
This area between Mars and Jupiter contains many asteroids.
What is the asteroid belt?
These are chunks of rocky, metallic, or icy material from asteroids or comets.
What are meteoroids?
This planet is third from the Sun and is our home.
What is Earth?
These are the four small, rocky planets closest to the Sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
This is another name for the four planets closest to the Sun
What are the inner planets?
This planet is just inside the asteroid belt.
What is Mars?
A meteoroid glows as it enters Earth's atmosphere. We call it this.
What is a meteor?
This is the fourth planet from the Sun.
What is Mars?
This planet is famous for its beautiful rings.
What is Saturn?
These are the four planets farthest from the Sun.
What are the outer planets?
This planet is just outside the asteroid belt.
What is Jupiter?
A meteor that reaches Earth's surface is called this.
What is a meteorite?
This is the largest planet and the fifth from the Sun.
What is Jupiter?
A meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite describe a space rock at these three stages: in space, glowing in the atmosphere, and reaching this place.
What is Earth's surface?
These planets are small and have rocky surfaces.
What are terrestrial planets
Asteroids are found orbiting this star.
What is the Sun?
This bowl-shaped dent can be left when a meteorite hits a surface.
What is a crater?
Name all eight planets in order, starting with the one closest to the Sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
A small rocky planet is called terrestrial. A large planet made mostly of gas is called this.
What is a gas giant?