The Solar System

planets

100

This is the planet that is closest to the sun.

What is Mercury?

200

This is the 3rd planet from the sun.

What is earth?

300

This is what all the planets have in common?

What is "they revolve around the sun?"

400

These are the rocky planets.

What kind of planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

500

These are the gas giants.

What kind of planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

the sun

100

The sun is the center of this system.

What is the solar system?

200

The sun is also..

What is a star?

300

It takes the earth 365 days to do this.

What is revolve (orbit) around the sun?

400

This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation.

What is 24 hours --or one day?

500

The sun is responsible for this first step of the water cycle.

What is evaporation?

the moon

100

The Moon has these many phases.

What is 8?

200

These are hollow pits on the surface of the moon.

What are craters?

300

The moon does this around earth.

What is orbit?

400

These are the apparent shapes of the moon.

What are phases?

500

The Moon has less of this than the Earth.

What is gravity?

miscellaneous

100

What moon phase is occurring when there is no moon visible?

What is the new moon phase?

200

Shadows are longer during this season.

What is Summer?

300

Shadows are shorter in this season.

What is Winter?

400

This planet is a dwarf planet is not considered a planet in our Solar System.

What is Pluto?

500

This is the hottest planet in our solar system.

What is Venus?