Kinds of Planets
What is the name for planets with a rocky surfaces which you can stand on?
Terrestrial Planets
What components make up our solar system? (Name four)
The Sun, 8 planets, asteroids, stars, dwarf planets
When do black holes form?
When stars collapse (or die)
What is the name for the planets made up of primarily gas, which have no solid surface?
Jovian Planets
What is the object at the center of our solar system, that all of our planets orbit around?
The Sun
What are three colors that stars can be?
Red, blue, white, orange, yellow
What are the two kinds of Jovian planets?
Gas Giants and Ice Giants
Our solar system is part of what galaxy?
The Milky Way Galaxy
Our Sun is in the Main Sequence of its life. True or False?
True
What is a trait that is only seen in Jovian planets?
Ring Systems
How long does it take for the Earth to make one rotation around the Sun?
One year or 365 days
Humans will not be around to see the interior collapse of our Sun. True or False?
True
Which type of planet has fewer moons? (0-2 moons)
Terrestrial Planets
What two planets have ring systems?
Saturn and Uranus
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What is the order of the planets? (1000 points)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune