Planets
How many planets are in the solar system.
8
Name the planets in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the force responsible for keeping planets in orbit around the sun?
gravity
What is the model of the solar system that depicts the Earth as the center?
geocentric
What is the name of the sun, all the planets, their moons, and a variety of smaller objects in space?
solar system
Which is the largest planet in the solar system.
Jupiter
What is the biggest object in the solar system?
the sun
What is the tendency of an object in motion to stay in motion or the tendency of an object at rest to stay still?
inertia
What is the model of the solar system that was discovered by Copernicus, depicting the sun as the center of our solar system?
heliocentric
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
the Milky Way
Which planet is known for its sideways rotation?
Uranus
how many stars are in our solar system?
1
What type of movement occurs when a planet spins on its axis? (this is the cause of day and night)
rotation
Which country was the first to land on the moon, thus winning the Space Race?
U.S.A.
What is a body that orbits a planet called? It can be man made, or natural, such as a moon.
satellite
Which planet is roughly the same size as Earth?
Venus
Are the innner planets terrestrial or gaseous?
terrestrial
What is it called when planets move in a set path around the sun?
revolution
What is the name of the large laboratory in space where astonauts and scientists can stay for months to study our solar system?
the international space station
What is something that orbits the sun, is round, and is large enough to have its own gravitational pull?
a planet
Which planet is the windiest planet?
Neptune
These large rocks can be found orbiting the sun, in between Mars and Jupiter.
asteroids
To what degree is the Earth tilted on its axis?
23.5
What are the names of the 2 space telescopes?
Hubble and James Webb
This thing is a mixture of rock and dust and is amller than an asteroid. this is sometimes called a shooting star when it comes through earth's atmosphere.
meteoriod