Inner Planets
This planet only takes 88 days to orbit the sun
What is Mercury?
Name means "starlike"
What is asteroid?
The largest of all planets
What is Jupiter?
Large circular indentations on a planet’s surface
What is a crater?
Diameter, mass, and density are similar to Earth. However it's surface conditions are extreme
What is Venus?
Piece of an asteroid or comet that breaks off
What is a meteoroid?
Second largest planet, it can float
What is Saturn?
These make up Saturn's rings
What are gas and ice particles?
This states that God placed Earth at just the right distance from the sun to support life
What is the anthropic principle?
Piece of an asteroid or comet that breaks off and enters the atmosphere
What is a meteor?
This is another name for the four outer planets
What is gas giants?
Neptune has a similar size, mass, temperature and composition to this neighboring planet
What is Uranus?
Neptune has this many moons and they are all named after these mythical characters
16 minor Greek gods
Earth's atmosphere is made up of 21% oxygen and 78% of this gas
What is Nitrogen?
Piece of an asteroid or comet that breaks off and strikes the Earth
What is a meteorite?
Jupiter is mainly comprised of these two gases
What are hydrogen and Helium?
These two planets have dark, stormy spots
What are Neptune and Jupiter?
This planet has seasons, is tilted like Earth and has winds and weather
What is Mars?
Comets are primarily made of these three materials
What are ice, dust, and rock?
This planet rotates in retrograde like Venus
What is Uranus?
This moon has a high sulfur content, active volcanoes and appears orange, red, and yellow
What is IO?