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Gas Giants
Terrestrials
The Solar System
Moons
Visual Descriptions
100
These are known as the Gas Giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
100
This is the largest of the "Rocky" planets
What is Earth
100
This is the largest body in our solar system
What is the sun
100
This is how many moons would fit across the diameter of the Earth.
What is 4 moons?
100
Beautiful colored rings surrounding the planet.
What is Saturn?
200
Saturn's rings are made mostly dust and another material
What is ice.
200
Revolves around the sun faster than any other planet
What is Mercury
200
These are the 8 planets of the Solar System in order from farthest to closest to the Sun.
What is Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury.
200
This moon of Jupiter is suspected to have oceans of water under it's ice crust.
What is Europa?
200
When a planet is seen moving farther to the East (according to nearby constellations) each night as it rises.
What is retrograde motion?
300
The planet that is said to be "tilted on its side".
What is Uranus
300
This planet contains a huge volcanic mountain named Olympus Mons.
What is Mars?
300
This planet is the hottest planet in the Solar System.
What is Venus
300
This is how many moons you would see in the Martian sky.
What is 2
300
This planet is often this is the brightest object in the night sky.
What is Venus
400
This is how many of the gas giants have rings.
What is 4 (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
400
This planet contains liquid water.
What is Earth?
400
This number is many Astronomical Units from the Sun is Earth.
What is 1 AU
400
This planet and Mercury are the only planets considered to have NO moons.
What is Venus?
400
Appears bright blue because of it's Methane atmosphere.
What is Neptune
500
Planet contains a storm called "the great dark spot".
What is Neptune?
500
Discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
What is Pluto
500
Only planet not visited by a NASA space probe.
What is Pluto?
500
The most volcanically active object in the solar system
What is Jupiter's moon IO?
500
This huge storm on Jupiter has been given this name.
What is "Giant Red Spot"