The Planets
Small Bodies in the Solar System
The Planet's Order from the Sun
Eclipses
100
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system.
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
100
We call a meteoroid a "shooting star".
What do we call a "shooting star"?
100
Mercury
What is the closest planet to the sun?
100
When the earth comes between the sun and the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
200
Rotation is the spinning of a body on it's axis.
What is the spinning of a body on it's axis?
200
A comet is a small body of ice, rock, and and cosmic dust.
What is a comet?
200
When the moon comes between the earth and the sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
300
The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space is called an orbit.
What is the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space?
300
A wide region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is called an Asteroid Belt.
What is a wide region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
300
Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.
How close is Earth to the sun?
300
The rays of the sun.
What shouldn't you look at when a solar eclipse happens?
400
The force that holds planets in their orbit is called gravity.
What is the force that holds planets in their orbit?
400
A meteoroid
What is a meteoroid that hits the Earth's Atmosphere?
400
Mars is the 4th planet to the sun.
How far is the hottest planet from the sun?
400
Orange(ish)
What color does the moon seem to appear as when a lunar eclipse happens?
500
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the 4 terrestrial planets.
What are all the terrestrial planets?
500
Dirty snowballs.
What do scientists call comets?
500
Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun.
How far is the coldest planet to the sun?