Planets
What is the first planet from the sun?
Mercury
A Comets Nick name
Smaller objects revolve around what other objects?
Bigger Objects
How many stars are in our solar system?
1
The first moon phase
New Moon
This planet has a big storm the size of earth
Jupiter
space rock
Outer
List the following in order from least to greatest:
Universe, Planet, Solar system, Galaxy, Sun
Planet, sun, solar system, galaxy, universe.
What percent of the moon is always illuminated?
50%
This planet has the most visible rings
Saturn
Rock in earths atmosphere/Shooting star
Gravity causes the gas giants to rotate ________ than the terrestrial planets.
Faster
What was our solar system formed from?
a solar nebula (Giant cloud of gas and dust)
Which planet is hotter Mercury or Venus and why?
Venus- because of its atmosphere
Neptune is blue because
Methane gas
What is a meterite
Rock that hits earths surface.
Mass is your size. Weight changes based on the outside forces exerted on your body, such as gravity. This is why we weigh more on earth than the moon
What is the shape of our galaxy?
Disc shaped spiral
Which planet in our solar system has the most gravity
Jupiter
Mars is red because
Iron Oxide
What would happen to the asteroid belt if we removed Jupiter from the solar system?
It would probably form a new planet
Inertia/Gravity
What is the closest galaxy to ours?
Andromeda
Where are comets located?
Between the Kuiper belt and the ort cloud