Terrestrial
All terrestrial planets are considered to be made of this.
What is rock?
I am the number of 'belts' identified in our solar system.
What is the number 2?
I have a very slow spin. What is the scientific term for my spin?
What is rotation?
This cycle takes approximately 29.5 days.
What is the Lunar Cycle?
I have a Great Red Spot, and I am the largest planet in this solar system.
What is Jupiter?
The 2nd terrestrial planet from the sun.
What is Venus?
I am a belt located at the farthest reaches of our system.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
My revolution around the Earth takes this many days.
What is about 27.3 days?
One of these takes approximately 24 Earth hours.
What is a rotation?
I appear to be blue because my atmosphere holds high methane concentrations.
What is Neptune?
I am the smallest planet.
What is Mercury?
I am located between the terrestrial planets and the gas giants.
What is the astroid belt?
This is the term used when more of my surface is illuminated each night.
What is waxing?
The average distance from our sun to the Earth is called this.
What is an Astronomical Unit?
Not only is my axis very tilted, but Venus and I are the only two planets that spin in a clockwise direction.
What is Uranus?
Scientists believe water may have flowed on my surface in the past, and due to my iron oxide, I am known as the red planet.
What is Mars?
Most objects in my belt are icy. I contain two named dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
This term is used when more than half of my visible surface is illuminated.
What is gibbous?
The term used for one trip around the sun.
What is a revolution?
All the gas giants have rings, mine are just more stunning. I have some notable moons: Titan being the largest and Enceladus with its geysers.
What is Saturn?
I am an inhabitable planet affectionately known as 'the third rock from the sun.'
What is Earth?
I contain mostly rocky and dusty particles. I do have one named dwarf planet, Ceres.
What is the astroid belt?
When it appears my light is receding, it is said that I am in this phase.
What is waning?
The fact that the Earth's axis is tilted in relation to the sun, and the fact that the Earth's revolution around the sun is elliptical cause these.
What are the seasons?
I am 30 times farther away from the sun than Earth.
What is Neptune?