Planets
What is the name of the four planets that orbit closest to the Sun?
The inner planets.
What are asteroids?
Rocky objects
Meteoroids that enter the Earth's atmosphere and become hot enough to glow are called...
Meteors
The area where most asteroids are found is called the...
Asteroid belt.
Which of these planet orbits the sun in the least amount of time? Saturn, Earth, Neptune or Uranus?
Earth
What is a meteor called after it hits Earth?
A meteorite.
There are _______ planets in our solar system.
8
The surface of a terrestrial planet is...
Rocky.
Between which planets are most of the asteroids in our solar system located?
Between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the shape of a comet's orbit around the sun?
Elliptical
What is a meteor?
A rocky object that enters Earth's atmosphere.
What silly phrase did we learn that helps us list the planets in order?
My very exhausted mother just served us nachos.
Gas giants all have...
Rings.
What happens when a comet comes close to the sun?
It develops a tail.
What is the bowl-shaped dent caused by a meteor that hits the ground called?
Crater.
Describe Jupiter.
Jupiter has a gas surface and rings.
Gas giants and terrestrial planets both...
Orbit the sun.
Meteors are sometimes called...
Shooting stars.
List the planets in order from nearest to farthest from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune