Vocabulary
A mass of frozen gasses, dust, and rock particles that begins to melt as it nears the sun and develops a bright tail. Called "dirty snowballs".
What is a comet?
This planet has the largest volcano, named Olympus Mons, in the solar system.
What is Mars?
The largest planet in our solar system; mostly gas and liquid; has continuous storms
What is Jupiter?
This planet is referred to as the red planet because of the iron oxide in the rocks on its surface.
What is Mars.
Shooting stars are actually these space rocks.
What is a meteor?
A meteor that does not completely burn up in Earth's atmosphere and strikes Earth's surface
What is a meteorite?
The smallest planet closest to the sun
What is Mercury?
This planet has 18 moons. The largest moon is named Titan.
What is Saturn?
This large gaseous planet has a blue-green color, no cloud bands, and tilted on its side.
What is Uranus?
Comets are thought to come from this "belt" found near the orbit of Neptune.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
One of these is equal to the average distance from the sun to Earth or 150 million kilometers.
What is one astronomical unit?
How much of Earth's surface is covered with water giving it a blue color from space?
70%
This planet has prominent rings around it and could float on water because it is the least dense of all the planets
What is Saturn?
This planet's atmosphere causes most meteors to burn up before they reach its surface.
What is Earth?
This "cloud" completely surrounds our solar system and contains most of the existing comets
What is the Oort Cloud?
A giant, swirling, high-pressure gas storm in Jupiter's atmosphere
What is the Great Red Spot?
Similar to Earth, this planet has both a winter season and a summer season, however, probes have shown this planet is lifeless, barren, and rocky.
What is Mars?
This planet's moon, Io, is the most volcanically active object in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
Called "Earth's Twin"
What is Venus?
This asteroid has now been placed into the category of the Dwarf Planets because it is the largest asteroid.
What is Ceres?
The system of nine planets and many other objects that orbit our sun.
What is the Solar System?
This planet has the highest surface temperature because it's dense clouds trap the carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.
What is Venus?
This planet's axis of rotation is tilted on its side.
What is Uranus?
This planet has a very thin atmosphere and extreme temperatures.
What is Mercury?
The asteroid belt is located between these two planets.
What is Jupiter and Mars?