Vocabulary
Earth rotates on an imaginary line known as its...
What is axis?
List the order of the planets from the sun...
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
These are the...(location)
What is the inner planets?
Name the Gas Giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
One full rotation of the Earth takes...
What is 24 hours?
Movement around the sun
What is revovle?
The two largest planets in the solar system are...
What is Jupiter and Saturn?
These are the names of the Terrestrial Planets.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
Gas Giants are the...(location)
What are outer planets?
What is 365 1/4 days?
This is the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
This planet is considered to be the "sister" or "twin" planet to Earth.
What is Venus?
This is a small, heavily cratered planet.
What is Mercury?
(1)This planet is known for its large storms that can be seen in the cloud patterns in its atmosphere (2)the largest is recognized as this storm.
What is Jupiter and the Red Spot?
This is the 6th planet that is about 10 times the size of Earth ?
What is Saturn?
If you were comparing the sizes of the planets using fruit, the watermelon would be...
What is Jupiter?
This is often called the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This planet appears blue because of its atmosphere.
What is Neptune?
Early Astronomers believed this was the center of the universe.
What is the Earth?
This is a satellite of the Sun...
What is a planet?
3 reasons Earth is ideal for life...
What is it's atmosphere, water, and position from the sun (temperature)?
Name 3 characteristics of the Terrestrial Planets.
What is 1. closest to the Sun, 2. warmer and smaller, 3. made of a solid material?
This planet spins on its side.
What is Uranus?
This is why Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
What is small size and irregular orbit?