Vocabulary
Includes the sun, the planets, their moons, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, and other objects in space.
What is a SOLAR SYSTEM
Very hot during the day. Fastest moving planet. Closest planet to the sun.
What is MERCURY
Has noticeable rings. Second largest planet in our solar system. Lightest mass of all planets.
What is SATURN
Group of planets that all have moons and are made of gases
What is - GAS GIANTS aka JOVAIN PLANETS aka OUTER PLANETS
Small, rocky objects that orbit the sun.
What are asteroids?
The planet with the most moons is -
What is JUPITER (has 63 moons!)
Brightest and hottest planet. Atmosphere of sulfuric acid.
What is VENUS
Has a Great Red Spot from a storm that has been raging for centuries.
What is JUPITER
Group of planets that move more slowly around the Sun
What is - GAS GIANTS aka JOVIAN PLANETS aka OUTER PLANETS
A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune believed to contain comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice.
The planet(s) that do NOT have moons is/are -
What is - Mercury and Venus
Another term for "Inner planets."
What is - Terrestrial Planets
This group of planets are much closer to each other in distance
What is - INNER PLANETS aka TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
A torus-shaped region in the solar system, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars
What is the asteroid belt?
The classification of Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and Ceres
What is DWARF PLANET
Planet with the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons
What is MARS
Another term for OUTER PLANETS
What is JOVIAN PLANETS or GAS GIANTS
Since 2006, per the International Astronomical Union’s planetary criteria, it is no longer considered a planet
What is - PLUTO
A celestial body that orbits the sun, has enough mass to assume a nearly round shape, but has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit and is not a moon.
What is a DWARF PLANET
What is BETWEEN MARS and JUPITER
Called "Earth's twin" due to its size, but 1 day on the planet is approximately 5,832 Earth hours.
What is VENUS
The smallest gas giant. Longest day of outer planets.
What is NEPTUNE
This group of planets are more dense
What are the inner planets?