ASTRONOMY

PLANET ORDER

INNER PLANETS

OUTER PLANETS

SOLAR SYSTEM

100

The bubble of air that surrounds Earth

What is the atmosphere?

100

EARTH IS THE ____________ PLANET FROM THE SUN.

What is THIRD?

100

Mars is called the red planet because it is covered in this.

What is rust?

100

THIS PLANET HAS A GIANT RED SPOT THAT IS ACTUALLY A HURRICAINE.

What is JUPITER?

100

This is the name of our galaxy.

What is the Milky Way?

200

A scientist who studies outer space.

What is an astronomer?

200

THE NINTH PLANET USED TO BE _______.

What is PLUTO?

200

This planet is covered mostly with water.

What is EARTH?

200

This planet is known for its rings.

What is Saturn?

200

This celestial body is made of rock and rotates around Earth every 30 days.

What is the moon?

300

The force that pulls objects down to Earth.

What is gravity?

300

Mercury is the _______ planet from the sun.

What is FIRST?

300

This is the smallest planet.

What is Mercury?

300

This planet is the coldest planet and it spins on its side.

What is URANUS?

300

A group of stars the form a shape is known as this.

What is a constellation?

400

The time of day just after sunset.

What is dusk?

400

The 8th planet from the sun is _______.

What is Neptune?

400

This makes Venus the hottest planet.

What is clouds?

400

This planet has the most moons.

What is Saturn?

400

THE OUTER PLANETS ARE KNOWN AS __________ GIANTS.

What is GAS?

500

The direction that the moon rotates.

What is counterclockwise?

500

The 5th planet from the sun is _______.

What is Jupiter?

500

This separates the inner and outer planets.

What is the asteroid belt?

500

This planet is the farthest from the sun.

What is NEPTUNE?

500

Pluto is no longer a planet because of this.

What is it is too small to be a planet?

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