earth and space systems
The Great Red Spot is located on this planet
jupeter
This planet is found closest to the sun. You can also find me in a thermometer.
mercury
I am the force that holds the planets in orbit around the sun. May the force be with YOU!
gravity
This measurement of time represents one complete revolution of Earth.
year
I the planet that everyone calls "Red". My soil is rust-colored instead. Look up and you may spot me in the sky.
mars
The sun, moon, planets, asteroids, and comets all make up our -
solar system
I use to be number nine, now they call me a dwarf planet.
pluto
The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line. An object in motion stays in motion.
inertia
Earth spinning on its axis is called_
rotation
With over 63 moons, you might say I have a lot. Look with a telescope to see my big, red spot.
jupiter
I am also called the "evening star", catch me if you can!
venus
This planet has hundreds of rings made of chunks of ice and rock. I am the 7th planet.
Uranus
We are two factors that work to keep the planets in orbit.
gravity and inertia
The number of days it takes for the moon to revolve around Earth.
27.3 days
I'm blue and green and a little brown. I am a small planet with life al around. They call me the 3rd rock from the sun.
earth
A natural satellite that orbits all planets except Mercury and Venus is called the -
moon
The second largest planet in the solar system is called
saturn
This force moves rocks and other materials downhill.
gravity
This scientist believed that Earth was at the center of the solar system. He was a Greek thinker who said the other planets and the sun all traveled around the Earth in 330B.C.
(its ok if you don't know)
Aristotle
A gas planet that's off in the distance, only recently they found my rings in existence. I spin sideways.
Uranus
Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars are
inner planets
Name the planets in order from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
We are the main cause of tides on Earth.
the gravitational pull of the moon
I was an Italian scientist, who first used the telescope to study the sky. I believed that Earth traveled around the Sun. in 1609.
galileo
Name for the Roman god of the Sea. Look past Saturn and Uranus for me. I am the planet known as-
neptune