Inner Planets
Name the inner planet that is 0.7 AU from the sun and is closest in size to our own planet.
Venus
Name the largest planet in our solar system, which is also 5.2 AU from the sun, and just beyond the Asteroid Belt.
Jupiter
Name the cycle that is caused by Earth's rotation.
The Day & Night Cycle
What do we call a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere?
Meteor
Name the scientific instrument that is used to view objects in space.
Telescope
List the inner planets in order from the sun.
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
Name the outer planet that has 62 moons (9 of which are unconfirmed) and is 9.5 AU from the sun.
Saturn
Name the cycle that the tilt of Earth's axis revolving around the sun causes.
The Seasons
What do we call a meteor once it hits the ground?
Meteorite
Meteor showers are a result of what?
Earth orbiting through a comet's tail
Name the smallest of the inner planets.
Mercury
Which planet is the smallest of the outer planets with a diameter of 49,244 km?
Neptune
Name the two moon phases that works with the moon's gravity to pull surface waters on Earth, creating a higher high tide and a lower low tide.
Full Moon and New Moon
What do we call dirty space snowballs that are made up of dust, ice, and frozen gases?
Comet
When the moon blocks the rays of the sun from reaching Earth, casting a shadow on Earth we are experiencing what type of eclipse?
Solar
Name the largest of the inner planets.
Earth
List two things that the outer planets have in common.
1. gaseous
2. relatively large in size
Name the moon phase that comes right after a full moon.
Waning Gibbous
Name the type of space body that may have caused the the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Asteroid
The size of the moon is comparable to Earth by this fraction.
1/4
List the two things all of the inner planets have in common.
1. relatively small size
2. rocky surfaces
List the outer planets in order of distance from the sun.
1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Neptune
What is the name of the tide characterized by a lower high tide and a higher low tide due to the sun's gravitational pull working against the moon's gravitational pull.
Neap Tide
How is energy produced in the sun's core?
Nuclear Fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms.
Due to this feature of the Jovian planets, the gases of their atmospheres do not escape into space.
strong gravitational pull