The Solar System!
Name the ice giants
Neptune and Uranus
This is the only planet known to have water.
Earth
Name the 3rd smallest planet.
Venus
The four planets furthest from the sun are called the ________.
Jovian Planets/Gas Giants
Elon Musk wants to take humans to which planet?
Mars
Name the outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Explain the conditions on Jupiter.
Jupiter is filled with storms, especially the Great Red Spot.
The four planets closest to the sun are called ________.
Terrestrial Planets/Inner planets
What two gases is Jupiter mainly made of?
hydrogen and helium
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
Define revolution
An object's circular motion around another object.
DAILY DOUBLE!
Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These are known as what?
The Galilean moons of Jupiter.
Titan is a moon of what planet?
Saturn
Name the planets that have rings.
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune
It takes about 29 and 1/2 Earth years for ______ to orbit around the Sun.
Saturn
Earth has an imaginary line, or ______, that runs through the North Pole and the South Pole.
axis
Name all the planets in order from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
This planet have 27 moons
Uranus
How does the Earth's tilt on its axis affect seasons? Explain northern and southern hemispheres.
Our seasons change because Earth tilts on its axis, and the angle of tilt causes the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to trade places throughout the year in receiving the sun's light and warmth most directly.
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the band that divides the solar system into inner and outer planets?
The asteroid belt
Name the 2 requirements needed for something to be a planet.
1. It must orbit a star.
2. It must be big enough to have enough gravity to force it into a spherical shape.
Explain the conditions on Venus
Its dense atmosphere traps greenhouse gases, making it up to 471 degrees C. Because of the immense pressure, it rains diamonds in Venus!
What is a satellite?
A moon, planet, or machine that orbits a planet or star.
How long ago was the solar system created?
4.6 billion years ago
It takes 165 earth years for ______ to rotate around the Sun.
Neptune