Relative Size/ Distance
Planet Characteristics
The Sun
Space Vocab
Comets, Meteors, Asteroids
100

The biggest planet?

What is Jupiter?

100

Known as the "Red Planet."

What is Mars?

100

What is the Sun classified as?

What is a medium sized star?

100

Define heliocentric.

What is the Sun in the middle of the solar system?

100

The largest object in the Asteroid Belt.

What is Ceres?

200

The smallest planet?

What is Mercury?

200

What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

What is Venus

200

Explosions of energy on the Sun's surface, our Earth protects us from these.

What are Solar Flares?

200

Define revolution.

When an object moves around a bigger object with a bigger gravitational pull?

200

A dirty snowball.

What is a comet?

300

What is the third biggest planet?

What is Uranus?

300

What planet rolls on its axis?

What is Uranus?

300

What is the part of the sun that is visible?

What is the photosphere?

300

Define rotation.

What is when an object spins on its self/axis?

300

What is an object in outer space that develops a tail?

 What is a comet?

400

How many years does it take Neptune to orbit the Sun?

What is 165 Earth years?

400

What planet has no atmosphere?

What is Mercury?

400

What is the third layer of the Sun from the Core?

What is the Convection Zone?

400

Define a Jovian planet.

What are the outer planets/gas giants?

400

What is the difference between an asteroid and a meteor?

A meteor is a rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere, an Asteroid is a rock orbiting the sun.

500

 Name Uranus' biggest moon.

What is Titania?

500

What planet has the largest moon?

What is Jupiter?

500

What is the temperature of the Radiation Zone?

What is 4,000,000 degrees Celsius?

500

Define convection...

What is hot air rises and cool air sinks?

500

How many Earth years does it take for Hailey's comet to orbit the sun?

What is 76 Earth years?

M
e
n
u