Small Bodies
These are sometimes called shooting stars
Meteors
Earth is the _____ planet from the Sun
Third
The smallest planet in the solar system
Mercury
Long-distance travellers made of ice and rock with long tails
Comets
Earth is the only planet with this
Life OR liquid surface water
This is between Mars and Jupiter
The asteroid belt
This planet has a runaway greenhouse effect which makes it the hottest in the solar system
Venus
We have explored this planet with rovers and spacecraft more than any other (besides Earth)
Mars
Asteroids
Craters
Earth is this distance from the Sun
1 Au, OR 150,000,000 km, OR 93,000,000 mi
Inner planets are made of _______, while outer planets are mostly comprised of _______.
Rock, Gas
This is the phase of the moon in the Southern hemisphere during a full moon in the Northern hemisphere
Full moon
They are too big to be asteroids, but they are not planets
Dwarf Planets
This causes Earth's seasons
The tilt of the Earth
This force keeps planets, asteroids, and everything else in orbit around the Sun
Gravity
This planet is famous for huge, swirling storms that are visible from Earth as red and orange spots.
Jupiter
The word for material that is launched from a meteorite impact
Ejecta
A space rock that is smaller than an asteroid
Meteoroid
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate?
It takes 24 hours for the earth to rotate.
Found further than Neptune, it is a region where we can find Pluto, Eris, Huamea, and Makemake
Kuiper Belt
This planet has the most moons in the solar system
Saturn (as of March 2025)
One of the three requirements for a body to be considered a planet
2) enough gravity to be a sphere 3) big enough to clear its neighborhood