Gas Giants
This planet has over 70 moons and has an atmosphere made predominantly from hydrogen, helium, and methane.
What is Jupiter.
Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain/volcano in the Solar System and its on this planet.
What is Mars.
When the moon is between Earth and the Sun the phase we see is...
What is a new moon?
The layer of the atmosphere that blocks out harmful UV from the Sun
What is the stratosphere?
This planet was demoted in 2006 from a classical planet... It has 5 moons of which the largest is named Charon.
What is Pluto?
The only gas giant with a ring is Saturn?
What is False.
This planet has an atmosphere rich in nitrogen and oxygen gas.
What is Earth.
These two moons which are actually large Asteroids orbit Mars
What is Phobos and Deimos?
THis is the layer where all weather and life takes place.
What is the troposphere?
This is the only dwarf planet in the Asteroid Belt.
What is Ceres?
The giant moon Titan with its liquid methane rivers and oceans orbits this planet.
What is Saturn.
This planet has an atmosphere predominantly made up of carbon dioxide but it has 1/100 the atmosphere of Earth's atmosphere.
What is Mars.
These 4 moons were discovered by Galileo and they orbit Jupiter.
What are Callisto, Ganymede, Io, and Europa?
This is the layer where meteors burn up.
What is the mesosphere?
This is the largest Dwarf planets.
What is Eris?
This planet rotates on its axis at 90 degrees. It does not have seasons like the other planets.
What is Uranus
This planet is 57.8 million km away from the Sun. daytime temperature exceed 400 C and night temperatures dip below -180 C.
What is Mercury.
This is the side of our Moon that is not visible to us.
What is "the far side of the Moon"?
Aurora borealis and aurora australis form in this layer.
What is the thermosphere and or exosphere?
This dwarf planet is oval shaped and its just beyond Pluto.
What is Haumea?
This is the eighth planet from the Sun and is known to be the coldest where temperatures drop to -218 C!!!
What is Neptune
The hottest planet in our Solar System has temperatures that exceed 450 C!!!
What is Venus?
When the Earth, Sun, and Moon are perfectly aligned (straight line), earth experiences strong tides known as...
What are spring tides?
How do we know when one layer of the atmosphere starts and another ends?
What is change in temperature?
My moon is almost as large as me and some scientists believe we are a dual planetary system. What planet and moon are we?
What is Pluto and Charon?