matching 1 :|
Methane gives _____ their blue-green color.
the planet with the lowest density and hundreds of thin rings is _____
Uranus and neptune :|
saturn :|
two planet 's with similar mass and size are
the largest know volcano in the solar system is Olympus mons on the planet
Venus and earth :!
mars :!
pieces of rock that actually strike earth's surface are called
meteors ;]
which planet would you list last
what is one piece of information the voyagers gathered about this planet
neptune :\
great dark spot and rings :\
why do the planets orbit the sun
because of the gradational pull :}
the great red spot a continuous storm is located on the planet
Johannes Kepler discovered that the orbits the planet are
Jupiter :|
elliptical :|
the planet that averages 150 million km or one au from the sun is ___
___ is the largest moon in the solar system
earth :!
Ganymede :!
when small pieces of rock moving through space enter earth' s atmosphere and completely burn up they are are called
meteors;]
which planet would you list first
what is on piece of information the voyagers gathered about this planet
saturn :\
dust rings :\
what is the difference in the formation of the inner and outer planets
the inner are soil and rocky and the outer are made of gases :}
at times the planet _____ is actually the farthest planet from the sun
a planet is very hot and has sulfuric acid in its clouds is
Jupiter :|
venus :|
scientist theorize that the asteroid belt not form a planet because _______
Jupiter's gravity kept it from forming :!
the solid portion of a comet is called its
nucleus ;]
:\what is one theory about the formation of the sun
it was part of a nebula that fragmented contracted and from the sun
:why do scientist study comets, meteor ids and asteroids
to better understand what the solar system may have been like:}
the largest of ____ morons titan Is larger than the planet mercury
the closest moon to Jupiter ____ is volcanically active
Saturn's :|
io :|
most asteroids are located in an area between the orbits of ______
mars and Jupiter :!
two of the inner planets are
mercury and mars ;]
why can't we see the surface of Titian
thick atmosphere :\
what are shooting stars
meteoroid that enter earths atmoshpere and burn up:}
_______ planet that appears reddish-yellow due to the plane of it's orbit
_______ axis of rotation is nearly parallel the plane of it's orbit
mars :|
mercury :|
a cloud of gases road a solid portion of a comet is know as the
coma :!
______ published the sun-centered model of the solar system in 1543
the larges planet is____
copernicus ;]
Jupiter ;]
what cause a green lighthouse effect on Venus and earth
solar energy is trapped by gas by the gases in the atmosphere :\
pluto was once classified asa planet but now classified and as dwarf planet why
it is smaller then the outer planet and doesn't have a gaseous atmosphere and a rocky core :}