Physical Features
Largest planet in the solar system
Jupiter
The most distant planet in the solar system is
Neptune
What is Pluto?
Dwarf planet
Do all of the planets have moons?
No
Who introduced the heliocentric model?
The densest planet is
Earth
The fastest revolving planet is
Mercury
What is a meteoroid?
SSSB
What two reasons makes Mercury's surface temperature so high?
Slow rotation rate, distance from the sun
This theory incorrectly assumed planets move in circular orbits rather than elliptical ones.
Heliocentric
Appears tilted on its side with vertical rings
Uranus
List the planets in order from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
True or False: There are large, planet like bodies beyond Pluto that belong to our solar system
True
List meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite in the correct order as it approaches Earth
Meteoroid, meteor, meteorite
Who discovered Venus has phases like the moon, convincing him to replace the geocentric model
Galileo Galilei
Has largest volcano in solar system
Mars
True or False: ALL terrestrial planets are also inferior planets
False
Io
Moon
What is another name for "gas planets"
Jovian planets
This theory provided a model of the sky and the most important objects in it.
Geocentric theory
Has the most extensive ring system in the solar system
Saturn
Mars and Jupiter
What is comet 9p/tempel
SSSB
Difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid is
its size
Who formulated 3 laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler
Brightest planet as seen from Earth
Venus
Is Mars inferior or superior?
Superior
Eris
Dwarf Planet
they burn up in the atmosphere
Who applied Gravity to planetary movement?
Sir Isaac Newton
Smallest planet in the solar system
Mercury
Which orbit does Pluto come inside of during certain times of its year
Neptune
Vesta
Asteroid, SSSB
What is the collection of small solar system bodies that lie beyond Neptune's orbit called
Kuiper belt
Who predicted a comet later named in his honor?
Edmund Halley