Inner Planets
What is the name of the planet we live on?
Earth
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
Who was the US in a race with to get to space?
Soviet Union
These icy, small solar system bodies display a visible coma and sometimes a tail when close to the Sun.
Comets
The source of all energy on Earth?
The Sun
What is the correct order of the inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Which planet is known for its rings?
Saturn
When was NASA created?
October 1958
what are small bodies that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter?
What type of energy transfer happens when molecules bump into each other?
Conduction
Which inner planet has the largest volcano in the solar system?
Mars
How many AU is Neptune from the Sun?
What was the first unmanned satellite to orbit the Earth?
Sputnik 1
A meteoroid becomes what when it enters Earth's atmosphere and creates a visible streak of light?
Meteor
What are gases that trap heat in Earth's Atmosphere?
Greenhouse Gases
What are the correct percentages of what Earth's atmosphere?
78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% Carbon Dioxide
Which Planet's orbit is the Kuiper Belt in?
Neptune
Which Apollo mission was the first successful mission to land humans on the Moon?
Apollo 11
leftovers from a planet that was hit by a large object.
Asteroids
The heating of Earth through human activities is known as?
Enhanced greenhouse gases
What are the surface conditions on Venus?
Very hot, windy, volcanoes, weather, lightning
When the density & number of moons for a planet are equal, what is the Roche limit?
2.44 planetary radii
Which program was conducted by Edward H. White, making him the first U.S. astronaut to perform a spacewalk?
Gemini Program
A comet's tail will always face what direction?
Away from the Sun.
Circular patterns of moving air and fluid form in the atmosphere, oceans, and mantle as a result of heating and cooling.
Convection Currents