inner planets
more facts
the sun
vocabulary
mix o stuff
100
metal is found in this planet's huge core
What is Mercury
100
This is the outermost layer of the sun and stretches out into space
What is the corona
100
The sun is a __________.
What is a star
100
One ____________ is a year on that planet.
What is a revolution
100
What is the order of the planets starting from the closest to the sun.
What is mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, dwarf planet pluto
200
This planet is a world of intense heat and volcanic activity
What is Venus
200
This planet has a thick toxic atmosphere and makes it the most inhospitable planet in the solar system
What is venus
200
This layer of sun gives it its reddish color because of the extreme high temperature which has been measured at 10,000 degrees F
What is the chromosphere.
200
A huge collection of stars, gas, and dust,
What is a galaxy
200
The milky way galaxy is a massive collection of what 3 things?
What is stars, dust, and clouds of gas.
300
this planet can support life because the planet has water on its surface and oxygen gas in its air
What is earth
300
earth has 3 layers. name all three
What is mantle, crust, core
300
Define revolution.
What is the movement of one object around a center or another object.
300
what is the corona?
What is the outermost layer of the sun that stretches out into space.
300
The big bang happened about how long ago?
What is 14 billion years ago
400
This planet has 2 moons
What is mars
400
The light we see comes from this distinct layer of the sun
What is the photosphere
400
The sun is one of billions of stars in the ____________.
What is the universe
400
what is the difference between an revolution and a rotation?
A revolution is a year on that planet and a rotation is the turning or spinning of a planet
400
Name three examples of other galaxies.
What is Andromeda galaxy, Hoags object, and Cigar galaxy
500
the atmosphere, or layer of gases, surrounding this planet is thin
What is Mars
500
This is a dwarf star and sits at the center of our solar system
What is sun
500
the sun is the _________ of the solar system
What is the center
500
is a rotation or an orbit around the sun equal to one day?
What is rotation
500
the sun and its planets are located on the inner edge of what galaxy?
What is the milky way galaxy
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