PLANET ORDER
PLANET ORDER Part 2
Facts about our first 6 PLANETS
Facts about our first 6 PLANETS Pt 2
SOLAR SYSTEM INFO
100
TELL ME THE NAME OF THE PLANET CLOSEST TO THE SUN
What is Mercury
100

What is at the center of our solar system, and who discovered it?

What is the Sun and Copernicus

100
THE NICKNAME FOR MARS IS......?
What is THE RED PLANET
100

Which planet is the hottest in our system?

What is Venus

100

THE OUTER PLANETS ARE KNOWN AS __________ GIANTS.

What is Gas

200
WHAT IS THE 3RD PLANET FROM THE SUN?
What is Earth
200
THE NINTH PLANET USED TO BE......?
What is PLUTO
200
THIS IS THE ONLY PLANET KNOWN TO HAVE LIQUID WATER
What is EARTH
200

What is the oldest storm in the solar system?

What is the Great Red Spot

200

What planet is named after the Roman god of travel, and why?

What is Mercury, and it's because it travels quickly through our system.

300
WHAT IS THE 2ND PLANET FROM THE SUN?
What is Venus
300
WHAT IS THE 6TH PLANET FROM THE SUN?
What is Saturn
300
BECAUSE THIS PLANET HAS NO ATMOSPHERE, IT GETS VERY HOT DURING THE DAY AND VERY COLD AT NIGHT
What is Mercury
300

Which planet is called Earth's Twin and why?

What is Venus? It is called Earth's twin because it is similar in size and density to Earth. 

300

What makes the storms on Jupiter last longer than on Earth?

What is no land and strong winds

400
WHAT IS THE 4TH PLANET FROM THE SUN?
What is Mars
400
WHAT IS THE 7TH PLANET FROM THE SUN?
What is Uranus
400

Why is Venus the hottest planet in our system, even though Mercury is closest to the sun?

What is a thick atmosphere that traps the heat.

400

What was the first thing that was noticed about Saturn and by whom?

Who is Galileo, who spotted its beautiful rings

400

What did Galileo do that is so important to our study of the solar system?

What is the telescope that helped prove that the heliocentric system is true

500
WHAT IS THE 5TH PLANET FROM THE SUN?
What is Jupiter
500

WHAT IS THE 8TH PLANET FROM THE SUN?

What is Neptune

500
THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO PLANETS WITHOUT MOONS
What is VENUS & MERCURY
500

These first four planets are known by this term because they have solid, rocky surfaces.

What are terrestrial planets

500
EXPLAIN WHY PLUTO IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A PLANET
What is it is too small.
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