Vocabulary
Skill Review
Planet vs Planet
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Planets Rock!!
100
The sun and all the planets, satellites, and comets that circle around it.
What is the solar system?
100

Stars are classified by their color and 3 other things?

What is temperature, brightness and size?

100
What is "Earth's Satellite"?
What is the moon?
100
In Latin, what does 'sol' mean?
What is sun?
100
What is the only planet that has plants and animals?
What is Earth?
200

The path one space object takes around another.

What is orbit

200

Our sun is one star in a group of billions of stars found in what galaxy?

What is the Milky Way galaxy?

200
How many planets have rings?
What is 4
200
If you thought you saw a shooting star in the sky, what did you actually see?
What is a meteor?
200
What planet is farthest from the sun and has a temperature of -328 degrees below zero (not including dwarf planets)?
What is Neptune?
300

The force of attraction that exists between all objects.

What is gravity?

300

What is a person who studies Solar Systems?

What is an astronomer?

300

There are 4 types of galaxies based on their shape, what are they?

What is Spiral galaxy, Barred Spiral galaxy, Irregular galaxies and Elliptical galaxies?

300
What are big chunks of rock that go around the sun that can be as big as a house, mountain, or even bigger?
What is an asteroid?
300

What is the smallest planet?

What is Mercury?

400

The imaginary line that goes through Earth from pole to pole?

What is axis?

400

What is the order of Earth, the sun and the moon for average maximum surface temperature from hottest to coolest?

What is the sun, the moon and Earth?

400

The rotation of Earth around its axis causes this to happen.

What is day and night?

400
What are collections of ice, gas, and dust? The tail of these might be millions of miles long,
What is a comet?
400
What are the 2 hottest planets?
What is Mercury and Venus?
500

The word solar refers to?

What is the sun.

500

What is the order of Earth, the sun, and the moon from smallest to largest?

What is the moon, Earth and sun?

500

Name at least 3 planets that can bee seen in the night sky? (There are 5)

What is Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn?

500

These are bits of rock and metal that break off of asteroids and travel through space. 

What is a meteoriod?

500

Name the planets in order.

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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