Planets 1
TRIPLE POINTS
This planet is almost the same size as Earth and remembered as Earth's sister planet
Venus
Of the four gas giants, this planet has the thickest rings
Saturn
This planet is sometimes called the sideways planet
Uranus
This is the smallest planet in our solar system
Mercury
This planet is closest to the sun
Mercury
DOUBLE POINTS
This planet has the longest year (takes the longest amount of time to revolve around the sun)
Neptune
This is the last planet in our solar system
Neptune
For many years scientists thought Saturn was the only planet with rings. We now know that all gas giants have rings. This new knowledge led to a change in understanding. This is an example of the —
a) engineering design process
b) nature of science
c) independent variables
Nature of Science
This is the biggest planet
Jupiter
What are the four gas giants
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
List the order of the planets starting with the one closest to the sun
DOUBLE POINTS
Pluto is no longer included on the list of planets in our solar system because of its small size and —
Irregular orbit
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This planet has only one moon
Earth
How many terrestrial planets are there?
Four
This is the coldest planet in our solar system
Uranus
DOUBLE POINTS
What did early astronomers believe was the center of our solar system? What is actually the center of our solar system?
Earth
Sun
The last four planets are known as
Gas Giants
Terrestrial planets are mostly made of rock and
metals
The only planet known to have life on it
Earth
All planets in our solar system revolve around what?
The Sun