Planets #1
Planets #2
Space Terms
Moon Questions
Random Space
100
This planet has a thin atmosphere with canyons and river beds, and it once had a warm and wet climate?
Mars
100
What two types of planets do we categorize our solar system into?
Terrestrial and Gas Giants
100
When the Earth rotates we experience what two things here in Virginia?
Night and Day
100
What is the difference between a new and full moon?
New moon is all black and hard to see, and a full moon is fully illuminated.
100
Which of these two pictures is a correct example of what our solar system looks like?
Sun-Centered Theory (or the right one)
200
This planet is similar to Earth in size and mass, and is covered with a permanent blanket of clouds?
Venus
200
This planet is the only one that is fully tilted on its axis fully on its side?
Uranus
200
How long does it take for the Earth to make a full rotation?
Twenty-four hours.
200
The Earth's moon has a rocky surface but it is not called a planet or a star, what do we call it?
A satellite.
200
This is the way to list the planets without the full names? Either Mrs. Sanker's way or Mr. Smith's way.
MV EM JSUN (Move 'em, Jason)
or My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming
300
This planet has no solid surfaces and a large red mark that rotates on the planet?
Jupiter
300
This planet is heavily cratered like the Earth's moon?
Mercury
300
How long does it take the Earth to travel completely around the Sun?
365 1/4 days.
300
How long does it take for the moon to go through all four phases?
One Month.
300
This is the order of the planets in order from largest to smallest?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
400
This planet has liquid water and perfect conditions for life?
Earth
400
This is the second largest planet, with over 62 moons including one called Titan that might support life?
Saturn
400
This is when an object spins around another object held by gravity, for example, how the planets around the sun take the same path?
Orbit
400
What is the second phase of the moon?
First Quarter.
400
This is the scientific term that is used to describe what planets do around the sun, or the path the moon takes around the Earth?
Revolution
500
There are five of these "non-planets" in our solar system, what are they called? Give an example of one.
Dwarf planets. Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.
500
This is the order of the planets from farthest to closest to the sun?
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury.
500
Why do we call the first four planets terrestrial, why do they have that name?
They are rocky surfaces, or are made of rock.
500
The earth both revolves and rotates, which of these two does the moon do?
The moon only revolves around the Earth.
500
This is the force that not only keeps the planets from spinning out into space, but it also keeps us from flying off the Earth?
Gravity.
