Solar System 1
This planet is nicknamed the Red Planet.
What is Mars.
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This is the only planet that has water - enabling life.
What is Earth?
This planet is the closest to the sun and is very hot on the side facing the sun, and cold on the side away from the sun.
What is Mercury?
What do you call a scientist who studies outer space?
What is an astronomer?
____________ is best known for the large rings that circle it.
What is Saturn?
The planet called the morning star or evening star is ______________.
What is Venus?
This beautiful bluish green planet is unique because it appears to be spinning on its side.
What is Uranus?
This separates the inner and outer solar system.
What is the astroid belt?
_______________ is the study of planets, stars, and anything to do with the Universe.
What is Astronomy?
_____________ is about the same size as Uranus.
What is Neptune.
Our closest star.
What is the sun?
When the moon is going through its phases this phrase means appearing smaller.
What is waning?
This is the hottest and the brightest planet in our solar system. Thick clouds trap the heat close to this planet.
What is Venus?
When the moon is going through its phases this term means appearing bigger.
What is waxing?
An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth, moon, or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
What is a satellite?
This planet has the nickname "the ice planet".
What is Uranus?
Name the outer planets in order of closest to the sun.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Name the planets of the inner solar system in order of closest to the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Name the planets in our solar system starting closest to the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
A ____________ is known as a shooting star.
What is a meteor?
This planet has a white cloud nicknamed scooter because is scoots around the planet.
What is Neptune?
This planet is the least dense and lightest planet in our solar system. It is mostly made of hydrogen and helium.
What is Saturn?
This quick planet spins FAST - only taking 9 hours to complete a rotation. The fast rotation also causes many storms, and it has a constant storm called the "Great Red Spot". It also has 64 moons.
What is Jupiter?
Name the eight phases of the moon.
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.