Consonants
Vowels
Solar System objects
dwarf planets
vocabulary
100
What does it sound like?
/s/
"s" as in "snack"
100
"wet"
Vowel 4
100
What is in the middle of the Solar System?
the sun
100
Which dwarf planet used to be a planet?
Pluto
100
This gas is necessary for life.
oxygen
200
What does it sound like?
/ʃ/
"sh" as in "ship"
200
"tea"
Vowel 1
200
Which planet has a red color?
Mars
200
How are dwarf planets different from planets?
Dwarf planets are smaller.
200
The ______ of gravity keeps you on the ground.
force
300
What does it sound like?
/dʒ/
"j" as in "judge"
300
"laugh"
Vowel 5
300
What is similar about Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
They're made of gas.
300
What's the largest dwarf planet?
Eris
300
Inner planets have a lot of this.
metal
400
What does it sound like?
/ð/
"th" as in "this"
400
"bought"
Vowel 8
400
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
the asteroid belt
400
How many dwarf planets have been discovered so far?
5
400
to go around something in space
orbit
500
What's the difference between /s/ and /z/?
/s/ is voiceless, /z/ is voiced
500
"skull"
Vowel 7
500
What object is made of ice and grows a "tail" when it gets close to the sun?
a comet
500
Where are most dwarf planets located?
in the Kuiper Belt (outside Neptune's orbit)
500
a planet's "belt", 0oN
equator