Planets 1
This is the 3rd planet from the sun.
What is Earth?
The moon has ____ main phases.
What is 4?
This is an average sized yellow star.
What is the Sun?
This is the 8th planet from the sun, it is very cold, roughly 4 times the size of the Earth, and appears blue.
What is Neptune?
During the day, we see that the sun appears to change positions in the sky, this is due to the Earth's _________.
What is Rotation?
Name all the planets in order by SIZE (largest to smallest)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
The 4th planet from the sun, also known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
These are affected by the phases of the Moon.
What are Tides?
This is a terrestrial planet made up of 70% water and an oxygen-rich atmosphere.
What is Earth?
The 6th planet from the sun, almost 10 times the size of Earth, its atmosphere is similar to Jupiters.
What is Saturn?
When our side of the earth faces the sun, it is _____________.
What is Daytime?
The 2nd planet from the sun, similar in size and mass to Earth, high surface temperatures.
What is Venus?
During the Full and New Moons, tidal ranges are at their _____________.
What is Highest?
This is a small, rocky satellite that orbits Earth.
What is the Moon?
This is the 7th planet from the sun, it is cold, 4x the size of Earth, spins on its side, and has a large atmosphere.
What is Uranus?
When our side of the earth faces away from the sun it is __________.
What is Nighttime?
The 1st planet from the sun, smallest in our solar system, similar looking to our moon.
What is Mercury?
During the first and last quarter moons, tidal ranges are at their ____________.
What is Lowest?
This is the center of our Solar System.
What is the Sun?
This is the 5th Planet from the sun, it's the largest in the solar system, no solid surface, and has enormous storms in its atmosphere.
What is Jupiter?
The seasons are caused by two things, our revolution around the sun and Earth's ______.
What is Tilt or Axial Tilt?
The first four planets have solid surfaces and rocky cores, they are known as the ____________ planets.
What is Terrestrial?
It takes the moon about one month to make one _________ around the earth.
Name a Mnemonic Device to Remember the Order of the planets.
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles (or something similar).
The outer 4 planets are called ________ _________ because they are mostly made up of atmospheric gases.
What are Gas Giants?
This means to orbit in an oval-shaped path around the sun.
What is Revolution?