Planets
Name the planets in order from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
These are “flying snowballs” made of frozen rock, ice and dust. They travel around the Sun in an elliptical orbit in
comet
The only star in our solar system
Sun
I am made of methane gas, rotate on a very tilted axis and is the 7th planets from the sun
Uranus
This means to spin on an axis
Rotate
Name the inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Small irregular shaped objects, made of rock and/or metals, that orbit the Sun.
asteroid
What is the definition of star
a fixed luminous point in the night sky made of hydrogen and helium
I am the hottest planet and the second planet from the sun
Venus
To spin around an object
Revolve
Name the outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Meteoroids that enter the Earth’s atmosphere. They burn up in Earth’s atmosphere producing a streak of light often called a shooting star.
Meteors
What is the color of the hottest stars
Blue
I am the largest planet with a large red spot
Jupiter
The curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon
Orbit
What is another name for the inner planets
Terrestrial
Meteors that survive passing through Earth’s atmosphere and hit the ground at high speeds.
Meteorite
What is the life cycle of a small or medium size star
Protostar, Low mass star, red giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf, black dwarf
This planet is known as the red planet because of it reddish surface.
Mars
Collection of 8 planets and their moons in orbit around the sun.
Solar System
What is another name for the outer planets
Jovian
What are all the space rocks in order from closeness to earth
meteorite, meteor, meteoroid, asteroid, comet
What is the life cycle of a high mass star
Protostar, High mass star, red supergiant, supernova, black hole or neutron star
Farthest planet from the sun
Neptune
What are the three criteria to be considered a planet
1. Must orbit a star
2. Must be big enough to have enough gravity to force it into a spherical shape
3. Big enough that its gravity has cleared away other objects