Solar System 1
Solar System 2
Solar System 3
EXTRAS
100
This is a giant collection of gases, dust and stars held together by gravity
What is a galaxy?
100
The moon is a satellite of the earth and does this?
What is orbit the earth?
100
This is a space object made up of dust and ice.
What is a comet?
100
Which is NOT part of our solar system?
a. comets
b. stars that are not the sun
b. asteroids, meteoroids
What is b. stars that are not the sun
200
What is made up of the sun and all of the objects that travel around it?
What is the Solar System?
200
This is a natural satellite that revolves around the Earth.
the moon
200
A space rock which shows the path of a burning visible streak of light which has entered Earth’s atmosphere
What is a meteor?
200
triple points one guess
Which planet has a dynamic solid surface that includes shifting and recycling through the process of plate tectonics?
Earth
300
These are the four terrestrial planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
300
Double Points- What 2 things are being shown here?
Moon orbiting Earth
Earth orbiting Sun
300
Triple Points: Which does not describe our sun
a. Part of the Milky way
b. center of the universe
c. one of billions of stars
What is b. center of the universe
300
This blue planet has wind speeds of 1200 mph!(was named this because it's blue like the ocean)
Neptune
400
Which planets are gas giants?
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
400
Greenhouse gases cause this planet to be the hottest in our solar system.
Venus
400
Another name for the Inner Planets?
Rocky Planets
400
Which planet has the largest volcano in our solar system, called Olympus Mons?
Mars
500
The 3 types of galaxies
What is spiral, elliptical and irregular
500
These are large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes found between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid belt?
500
Why do some planets have more moons?
They are large and have more ______________ _____.
They are large and have more GRAVITATIONAL PULL
500
This planet has a distinctive blue color due to the methane in the atmosphere and tilts nearly on its side
Uranus
600
We live in this delicious sounding galaxy.
Milky Way
600
The Galilean Moons orbit around which gas giant?
Jupiter
600
Name all the 8 planets in order from the sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
600
Which motion does Jupiter make once every 10 Earth hours?
rotates on its axis