Planets
Earth
Our Neighbors
Stars
Vocabulary
100
List the order of the planets in our Solar System.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
100
Earth rotates on an imaginary line called what?
Axis
100

known as the Red Planet

MARS

100
Stars are hot, glowing balls of ______.
Gas
100
A person trained to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.
Astronaut
200
The two largest planets in our Solar System are...
Jupiter and Saturn.
200
How long does it take Earth to make one orbit around the Sun?
365 days (1 year)
200

Which planet in the solar system is the hottest?

Venus

200
Which is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun
200
A force which tries to pull two objects towards each other.
Gravity
300
This nickname is given to the 4 outer planets... because of their size and composition.
"Gas Giants"
300

Bonus POINT!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!

300

What is the only planet known to contain life?

Earth

300
A ___________ is a group of stars that form a picture.
Constellation
300
The path that one object in space takes around another object.
Orbit
400
This region of the Solar System divides our inner and outer planets.
Asteroid Belt
400

It takes one day for the earth to rotate on its axis once. True or False?

True

400

Which planet has a Great Red Spot?

Jupiter

400
About how far away is our next closest star?
Proxima Centauri - 4.24 light years away
400
A bowl shaped hole on a moon or planet made by crashing rocks or asteroids.
Crater
500

What planet is eighth in the Solar System?

Neptune

500

In your own words... Why is the Earth called the blue planet? 

Because there is so much water in it

500

Which is the sixth planet from the sun?

Saturn

500

The name of the galaxy, to which our Sun belongs.

Milky Way

500
Satellites that travel with a planet as it orbits.
Moons
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