Planets
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
Mercury
What is the correlation between mass and gravity?
The more mass the more gravity
What is the most important part of the solar system?
The sun
Biology is the study of what?
LIFE
What are the 4 inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is the difference between Rotation and Revolution?
Rotation=spin on its axis
Revolution=spin around (the sun) in an orbit
Where does our solar system end?
The Oort cloud/50000 AU
Photosynthesis
What are the 4 outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune
What is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Neptune
What types of celestial bodies are in our solar system?
Star, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, etc.
What keeps the planets from floating away?
The Sun's gravity
What is everything made up of?
Matter
What are the 2 gas planets?
Jupiter & Saturn
What invisible force attracts and keeps all things to the ground?
Gravity
What is the Oort cloud?
The edge of our solar system AND/OR a cloud of icy debris
What is the process that "makes planets"?
Accreation
What are 3 things needed in order for photosynthesis to happen?
Sunlight, water, CO2
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
What is the correct order of the planets in our solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune
What are the 3 conditions to be a planet?
1. orbit a star
2. have to be a sphere
3. clear your orbit
When stars are forming, what is the name of a floating, rotationg disk of mass?
Solar Nebula
How old is our solar system?
4.6 billion years old