Inner Planets
What planets are inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Name the outer plans.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Meteors are sometimes called ___.
shooting stars
This scientist showed that the sun is the center of the universe, not the Earth?
Copernicus
Name the 2 counselors at our school.
Mr. Clingerman
Ms. Scherer
Which inner planet is sometimes called Earth's sister planet because it is about the same size as Earth?
Venus
All outer planets have ___, which we usually call moons
satellites
a piece of rock and metal that orbits the sun
asteroid
Kepler figured out that the planets' orbits are not round, they are ____.
Name the 4 Golden Girls.
Rose, Dorothy, Blanche, Sophia
Which inner planet has water in liquid form?
Earth
Which planet has the Great Red Spot?
Jupiter
A rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and orbits the sun
meteor
4 billion
Name the 6 steps of the scientific method in the correct order.
Problem, research, hypothesis, procedure, data, conclusion
Which inner planet, other than Earth, has a surface with mountains, hills, and ice caps?
Mars
The outer planets are called ___ because they have no solid surface.
Gas Giants
a chunk of rock that survives the fall to Earth
meteorite
Pluto is called a ___ planet.
dwarf
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
All the inner planets have a ___, ___, and ___, but the thickness varies from planet to planet.
core, mantle, and crust
Which planet rotates on its side?
Uranus
What are comets made of?
ice, rock, and frozen gases
Why are the gas giants different colors?
The gases that surround them give them their color.
Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter, Bobby