About the Solar System
About the Planets
More about the planets
Objects in space
More about objects in space
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________ is the sun and everything that orbits it.
What is the Solar System?
100
The length of time it takes to make a full turn around the sun.
What is a planet's year?
100
Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, and Saturn. They are called the gas giants.
What are the 4 planets FARTHEST from the sun? What are they called?
100
Chunks of frozen gas and dirt.
What is a comet?
100
Small pieces of debris to as large as our moon.
What do sattlittes range in size from?
200
Planets, their moons, and huge amounts of dust.
What is the Solar System made up of?
200
The length of time it takes to make a 360 degree turn.
What is a planet's day?
200
Ice giants
What are Uranus and Neptune SOMETIMES known as?
200
Large lumps of rock and metal.
What is an asteriod?
200
Sun and the stars
____ and ______ revolve around Earth.
300
The sun.
What is the most important member of the Solar System?
300
Only 4.
How many planets have rings?
300
Smaller then their planets
Moons are always _______ then their ______
300
Halley's comet.
What is the most important comet?
300
An object that has been placed in orbit by human hands.
What is a satellite?
400
It formed from a giant cloud of dust. It is called the Big Bang.
How did the Solar System form?What is this called?
400
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.They are called terrestrial planets.
What are the four planets closest to the sun?What are they called?
400
11
How many rings does Uranus have?
400
75 years
How many years does Halley's comet pass by Earth?
400
Ceres.
What is one comet?
500
4 billion years ago.
What year did the Solar System evolve?
500
Earth.
Which planet was NOT named after Greek and Roman gods and goddesses?
500
German and English
Earth's name is _____ and ______
500
140
How many KNOWN sattlittes are there?
500
Gaynemade
What is the biggest moon?
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