Planets
The closest planet to the sun
What is Mercury?
The amount of time it takes Earth to make one full rotation
24 hours
A group of stars that forms a patter
What is a constellation?
An imaginary line around which an object spins
What is an axis?
Keeps the planets orbiting around the sun
What is gravity?
The fifth planet from the sun
The path an object takes as it revolves around a star, planet or moon
What is an orbit?
One whole spin of an object on its axis
What is a rotation?
After hitting Earth's atmosphere, a meteroid turns into this
What is a meteor?
Outer planets have a __________ surface and inner planets have a __________ surface
What is gaseous and rocky?
One of the outer planets
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune?
The amount of time it takes Earth to make one full revolution
What is 365 days?
A large, round object that revolves around a star and has cleared the region around its orbit
What is a planet?
A frozen mass of ice and dust orbiting the sun
What is a comet?
This is tilted, which is unusual.
What is Pluto's orbit?
Separates the inner planets from the outer planets
What is the asteroid belt?
This much of Earth's surface is covered in water
What is 3/4 or about 75%?
A natural object that revolves around a planet
What is a moon?
A rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun
What is an asteroid?
The mnenonic Mrs. Cortopassi taught the class to remember the planets
What is "My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos!!!!!"?
All of the planets in order from the sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
This is the reason the moon has more craters on it than Earth does.
What is the moon has no atmosphere to protect it from meteors hitting it, but Earth does?
A small piece of rock moving in space
What is a meteroid?
An object that doesn't burn up completely after traveling through Earth's atmosphere and lands on Earth's surface
This causes a meteor shower.
What is a comet comes in contact with Earth's atmosphere, and the pieces of rock trailing behind the comet become meteors and fall to Earth's surface?