Components of Solar System
Days & Years
Space Exploration
Planets
Flying through space
100

What are 2 things the sun does for us?

- gives us warmth - light.... helps plants grow

100

How long does it take for earth to make one full turn on its axis?

24 hours

100

What Galaxy is our solar system in?

the Milky Way!

100

All the planets and the sun make up our....

Solar System

100

The area between mars and Jupiter where many rocky objects are found

asteroid belt

200

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What do the moons orbit?

their planets

200

how long does it take for earth to make one full trip around the sun?

one year - approx. 365 1/4days

200

How do astronauts keep clean in space?

Wipes

200

This planet is the hottest & This one is the coldest

Name both

Venus at 870 degrees

Neptune at -319 degrees

200

Very bright, looks like "shooting stars"

meteors/meteorites

300

The sun, planets, comets, asteroids, stars, moons all make up the 

Universe or solar system

300

Which planet rotates on its side

Uranus

300

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The International Space Station's primary focus is to....

conduct experiments

300

This gas makes Neptune & Uranus look blue

Methane

300

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Frozen chunks of ice and dust that orbit the sun and have long tails

comets

400

Our universe was called this by ancient Greeks and it 

is STILL called this. 



Milky Way

from a Greek myth about the goddess Hera who sprayed milk across the sky.

Gala means milk

400

What causes day and night on Earth

the earth rotates 

400

The food astronauts eat is always...

Think: How is it prepared?

dry, freeze dried, dehydrated

400

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This planet is the windiest

Neptune

400

small rocky and or metal objects that orbit the earth

asteroids

500

This object is a dark, cratered orb is made of dust & rock. It'[s light comes from the sun

Our moon

500

Which planet has the looonnngggeeesstt days

Venus

500

Astronauts typically live on The International Space Station for ..... months

4-6 months not longer than 6 months

500

These planets rotate in the opposite direction

Venus & Uranus

500

Orbits the sun, is nearly round in shape, is not a satellite, and its gravity isn't affected by anything in its orbit

planet