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Planets
Vocabulary
Sun
Neptune
Misc.
100
What planet is nearest to the sun?
What is Mercury?
100
What is a deep split or crack in rock or ice?
What is chasm?
100
Using the information about the sun's rotation, what can you conclude about gases and solids?
What is gases don't hold together as well as solids?
100
What planet is almost a twin of Neptune?
What is Uranus?
100
What is an orbit and a rotation?
What is the path a planet takes during a revolution and what is spinning on an axis?
200
What planet's surface is dominated by volcanic activity?
What is Venus?
200
What word means having special characteristics that make it more noticeable?
What is distinctive?
200
What is the sun made of?
What is gas?
200
What is the speed of Neptune's winds?
What is 1,500 mph?
200
What planet rotates on its side?
What is Uranus?
300
What planet has 13 moons?
What is Neptune?
300
What word means twisted out of shape?
What is warped?
300
How far is the sun from the Earth?
What is 93 million miles or or an AU?
300
How long is a full cycle of day and night on Neptune?
What is 17 hours?
300
Where is the asteroid belt?
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
400
What are the rocky planets?
What is Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars?
400
What word means having a surface that has irregular shapes, patterns, or colors on it?
What is mottled?
400
What does the sun look like the closer you get?
What is a spectacular column of brilliantly glowing gas shooting into space and falling back to the surface?
400
What is the temperature at the cloud tops?
What is 350 degrees below zero?
400
What are comets made of and describe what happens as they get close to the sun?
What is ice, dust, gas and get smaller?
500
What are the 4 gas giants?
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
500
If you were driving 60 mph, how long would it take you to reach the sun?
What is 177 years?
500
Why does the author call Neptune a twin of Uranus?
What is clouds, and size?
500
Why can we make an inference that Mars may have had a lot of water long ago?
What is valleys on Earth are caused by erosion when water flows downhill and there are areas on the south side of Mars where this is the case?