General
What is the center of the Solar System?
the Sun
What is another way to classify the inner planets?
The rocky planets
What is another name to classify the outer planets?
Gas giants
The asteroid belt is filled with _________.
Space rocks or asteroids
Which planet has the most moons?
Saturn
What is the only planet where life is habitable?
Earth
Which is the smallest planet that has no atmosphere?
Mercury
Which planet has a ring system that can be seen from Earth with a telescope?
Saturn
Where are most comets found in the Solar System?
Kuiper Belt
What is the name of the 2026 mission to orbit the moon?
Artemis II
What is the path a planet takes around the Sun called?
an orbit
Name three gasses that make up Earth's atmosphere.
Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gasses
What creates the giant red spot on Jupiter?
A storm
Which dwarf planet is one of the largest objects in the Asteroid Belt?
Ceres
How many moons does each inner planet have? These must be listed in order from closest to furthest from the sun to receive full points.
Mercury- 0
Venus- 0
Earth- 1
Mars- 2
What is the diameter of a planet?
Distance across the planet passing through the center
Earth is in the _________ zone.
Habitable
What gas give Uranus and Neptune the blue color?
Methane
Name all four dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt?
Haumea, Makemake, Eris, Pluto
What are the names of Mars' two moons?
Phobos and Deimos
How far is the moon from Earth?
240,000 miles
Explain why Venus is the hottest planet.
Due to the thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide that traps the heat from the sun and many volcanoes.
How long does it take for Uranus to orbit the sun?
84 years
Which dwarf planet was discovered first? When was it discovered?
Ceres- 1801
What is the largest moon in the solar system and which planet does it belong to?
Ganymede- Jupiter