Inner Planets
This planet is FAAAAST and takes only 88 days to orbit around the sun!
MERCURY!
This plant is known for it’s giant RED spot that is actually a hurricane!
Jupiter!
What is a space object that falls through earths atmosphere, doesn’t completely burn up, and hits earths surface?!
Meteorite!
“The Red Planet”
100 point BONUS: why is it red?!
MARS!
100 point BONUS: Iron in the soil that has turned to rust!
The orbits of the planets have an __________or OVAL shape.
Elliptical
Because this planet has NO atmosphere, it gets very hot during the day and very cold at night!
MERCURY!
This planet was discovered by accident by a brother sister named William and Caroline Herschel
Uranus
A Large rock ORBITING the sun, made of iron, rock and carbon.
ASTEROID!
Our planet is the ___________ planet from the sun?
3rd!
What do we call a planet that is “Earth Like”?
You can stand on it like you can stand on earth!
Terrestrial
The only planet known to have liquid water?
EARTH!
These TWO ice-giants are often described as being blue-green and are furthest from the sun.
BONUS: what is causing them to be GREEN?
Uranus + Neptune!
BONUS: Methane Gas!
A piece of ice and rock from the solar system often including a coma and a tail!
COMET!
What is the 5th planet from the Sun?
Jupiter!
The path an object takes as it revolves around a star, planet or moon?
ORBIT!
What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system and where is it found?
Olympus MONS
MARS!
This planet has an unusual TILT giving it extreme seasons!
Uranus
What is the distance from the EARTH to the SUN!?
What is the order of our planets from closest to the sun to furthest away?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune!
Explain WHY Pluto is no longer considered a PLANET!
100 point Bonus: what is it considered to be now?
It is too SMALL.
BONUS: Now considered a “dwarf” planet.
What makes Venus the hottest planet?
It has such a THICK atmosphere made of sulfuric acid.
This is the 2nd largest and LIGHTEST planet in the solar system. SO light that if you could contain it in a vessel it would FLOAT!
Saturn!
What is the color of the suns light?
The suns light is actually ALL of the colors!
Which two planets rotate the OPPOSITE direction of the others?! (West to East)
What is the most explored planet besides earth and space?
MARS!