Ice Giants
What are the two ice giants names?
Uranus and Neptune
What are the two gas giants names?
Jupiter and Saturn
Name the four rock planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
The sun is the ___ of our solar system
Name an object in our solar system other than planets or the sun
Moons, asteroids, meteors, asteroid belt, dwarf planets
Which of the ice giants is larger in diameter yet smaller in mass?
Uranus
Which of the gas giants is bigger and the largest in the solar system?
Jupiter
Which of the rock planets is the hottest rock planet and the hottest planet in the Solar System all together?
Venus
What does the Sun provide us?
Energy and sustainable life
asteroid belt
Which ice giant may contain diamonds?
Which gas giant has more moons?
Saturn
Which is the fastest moving planet and rock planet?
Mercury
What did many ancient cultures view the Sun as?
A god
What do we call objects that are "large enough to round itself by its own gravity but do not have orbital dominance"?
Which ice giant was named after the Roman God of the sea?
Neptune
What gas giant was named after the Roman god of agriculture and harvest?
Saturn
Which rock planet is named after the Roman messenger god?
How much mass does the sun make up of our solar system? (percentage)
99.8% (will give credit for 98%-99.99%)
Between what planets is the asteroid belt?
Mars and Jupiter
How many moons does Uranus have?
How many moons does Saturn have?
82 moons (will give credit for 80-85)
How many total moons do the four rock planets have total?
Venus: 0
Earth: 1
Mars: 2
Total: 3
How many Earth's can fit in the Sun?
960,000 (will give credit within 900,000-1,000,000)
What year did Pluto lose its planet status?
2006