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Inner Planets
Outer Planets
The Sun
The Solar System
Other objects in our
Solar System
100
Closest planet to the sun, one rotation is 59 Earth Days, fastest moving planet, no moons
What is Mercury
100
Largest planet, colorful storm bands, one rotation is 10 hours, has at least 60 moons.
What is Jupiter
100
The only part of the sun that can be seen, an envelope of gas surrounding an object in space.
What is atmosphere
100
Glowing ball of hot gas that makes its own energy and light
What is a star
100
Ball of ice, rock, frozen gases, and dust that orbits the sun
What is a comet
200
Rotates east to west (opposite direction from other planets), has no moons, one rotation is 243 Earth Days
What is Venus
200
Greenish blue in color, one rotation is 16 hours, has rings, has a Great Dark Spot.
What is Neptune
200
Dark area on the sun's surface that gives off less energy that the rest of the sun.
What is sunspots
200
Large object in space that orbits the sun
What is a planet
200
Rocky object, smaller than a planet, that orbits a star.
What is an asteroid
300
Rotates west to east, has one moon, supports life.
What is Earth
300
7th planet from the sun, greenish blue in color, rotates on its side, has rings
What is Uranus
300
The inner layer of the sun, the layer of the sun that gives off light.
What is Photosphere
300
Natural satellite that orbits a planet, Earth has one.
What is the moon
300
Region between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids orbit the sun.
What is the asteroid belt.
400
One rotation is 24 hours and 38 minutes, has 2 moons, named for Roman God of War
What is Mars
400
6th planet from the sun, has rings, 2nd largest planet in the solar system
What is Saturn
400
The 2nd layer of the sun, can sometimes be seen during a total solar eclipse.
What is chromosphere
400
The largest object in the solar system, made mostly of two gases (hydrogen and helium), has no solid surface
What is the sun
400
Brief streak of light seen when an asteroid enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up.
What is a meteor
500
Warming of the atmosphere because of trapped heat energy from the sun
What is the greenhouse effect.
500
Dwarf Planet, one rotation takes 6 Earth Days, one revolution is 243 Earth Years, no ring system, outer planet
What is Pluto
500
The outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, can be seen during a total solar eclipse.
What is the corona
500
This holds the entire solar system together, keeps the planets in orbit
What is gravity
500
Asteroid that hits the surface of a planet or moon after traveling through space.
What is a meteorite