Planet Facts 1
How many planets there are in our solar system.
What is 8?
True or False: The smaller the planet the greater its gravity.
False. The larger the planet, the greater the gravity.
The planet known for its rings.
What is Saturn?
The planet with only one moon.
What is Earth?
The number of hours it takes for earth to rotate on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
The closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
The planet with the nickname, Morning Star or Evening Star.
What is Venus?
The number of planets that have life on them.
One! Planet Earth!
The two planets with no moons.
What is Mercury and Venus?
The number of days it takes earth to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days?
The farthest planet from the sun.
What is Neptune?
The smallest planet.
What is Mercury?
The planet that rolls around the sun because of its unique rotation.
The planet that has two small moons named Phobos and Deimos.
What is Mars?
The distance of Earth from the sun.
What is 93 million miles?
The special name for the first 4 inner planets.
What are terrestrial (earth-like) planets?
The largest planet.
What is Jupiter?
The cause of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter.
The planet with 13 moons, the largest of which is named Triton.
What is Neptune?
True or False: Earth is a Jovian planet.
False. Earth is a terrestrial (rocky) planet. The Gas Giants are Jovian planets.
The special name for the last 4, outer planets.
What are Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets?
The planet that has layers of dry ice on its ice caps.
What is Mars?
The hottest planet, that has an atmosphere that traps the sun's rays which causes the surface to heat up.
What is Venus?
The two planets that each have more than 60 moons.
What is Jupiter and Saturn?
72% of earth is covered with this, which makes it possible for life to exist on earth.
What is water?