Terrestrial Planets
These planets are rocky and have solid surfaces.
What are terrestrial planets?
This planet is closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
There are this many planets in our solar system.
What is 8?
These planets are mostly made of gas and do not have solid surfaces.
What are gaseous planets?
Planets closer to the Sun are usually this compared to outer planets.
What is warmer?
Name the 4 terrestrial planets
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars?
This is the only planet known to support life
What is Earth?
This star is at the center of the solar system.
What is the Sun?
Name the four planets Gaseous planets?
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
The Sun is important to life on Earth because it provides this.
What is light and heat?
This terrestrial planet is known as the “Red Planet.”
What is Mars?
This planet has the most visible rings.
What is Saturn?
This is the name of the force that keeps planets in orbit.
What is gravity?
What 2 gases are gaseous planets made up of?
What is hydrogen and helium?
The Sun is made mostly of these gases.
What is hydrogen and helium?
This terrestrial planet is the hottest.
What is Venus?
This planet has a giant storm called the Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter?
Name the eight planets in order from the sun starting with the closest to the sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
This is the largest of the gaseous planets and is known for its distinct blue colour.
What is Neptune?
The solar system formed about this many years ago.
What is about 4.6 billion years?
This is the only terrestrial planet known to support life.
What is Earth?
This planet has a day that is longer than its year.
What is Venus?
The solar system is located in this galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?
These two gaseous planets are known as ice giants.
What are Uranus and Neptune?
Pluto is classified as this type of object.
What is a dwarf planet?