Inner Planets
What are the name of the four inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Jupiter
What are the name of the four outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What is a celestial body?
An object in space
What is it called when a celestial body spins on it' s axis
Rotation
Why are outer planets less dense than inner planets?
Because outer planets are made of gas which is less dense the rocky and solid surface that inner planets have.
What is the second hottest planet?
Mercury
What is the smallest outer planet?
Neptune
What are the large space rocks that you find between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
What is it called when a celestial body orbits around another celestial body?
Revolution
It is July 28, 2021. How is it that Houston is in it's summer season and Australia is in their winter season?
The revolution and tilt of the earth
Which planet has many dust storms?
Mars
This planets has 79 moons orbiting this planet
Jupiter
What are the rocks that have crossed the earth's atmosphere and landed on earth and can form craters?
Meteorites
How long does it take the earth to rotate on it's axis?
24 hours or 1 day
Why doesn't Earth experience the solar winds and radiation coming from the sun?
The earth's atmosphere and magnetic field.
Inner planets are known to have solid and rocky surfaces. What is the name for this specific description?
Terrestrial
This planet has rings that are made of dust and ice?
Saturn
What is the celestial body that has crust made of igneous rocks?
The moon
Which planet takes 165 earth years to orbit once around the sun?
Neptune
Why is Venus higher in temperature than Mercury?
Mercury has no atmosphere, so it has no gas in it's atmosphere to trap the heat from the sun like Venus can.
Why is Venus and Earth Considered sisters?
Because they are the same size
Why do outer planets have a longer revolution?
They are farther away from the sun
Which layer of the sun does Nuclear fusion happen?
The core
Which planet takes 687 earth days to orbit around the sun?
Mars
If I made a footprint on the moon, and 100 years later I return to the moon and see no change to my footprint. My footprint looks the same from when I left it. Why is that so?
The moon does not have an atmosphere, weather, or oceans so it goes through no natural processes such as weathering, erosion, and deposition.