Inner Planets
Which planet is known as the red planet?
Mars
Which planet is the LARGEST in the solar system?
Jupiter
Objects that collided and merged to form other various objects in the solar system are called?
Planetesimal
A __________ is a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere.
Meteor
This dissolves a substance?
Solvent
Which planet is the brightest in the Earth Sky?
Venus
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a what?
Atmospheric Storm
This scientist is known for understanding and development of the Laws of Universal Gravitation?
Isaac Newton
This dwarf planet's orbit is not a perfect circle but more of an oval shape?
Pluto
When you combine multiple things that do not make a new solution is called a
mixture
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
The ringlets and open gaps in Saturn's rings are caused by the gravitational effect of what?
Saturn's Moons
Motion of a planet moving in the opposite direction of the normal direction of planetary motion as observed on Earth is called/
Retrograde or retrograde motion
This will cause an impact crater when it collides with Earth?
Meteorite
_________ the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another
Friction
One day on Venus is equal to how many Earth days?
243
Which planet's rotational axis is tipped so far that the north pole almost lies in its orbital plane?
Uranus
These lack satellites because of their proximity to the sun?
Inner planets
This type of comet will repeatedly orbit into the inner solar system.
Periodic comet
an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination
Eclipse
DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTION
The atmosphere of Venus is mostly made of what two gases?
Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen
Neptune's six rings are composed of what microscopic thing?
dust particles
Interstellar cloud
This phenomenon happens when Earth intersects a commentary orbit, then the particles burn up upon entering Earth's upper atmosphere producing the bright streaks of light.
Meteor Shower
Each planet orbits a point between itself and the sun is called?
Center of mass