Planets
What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
Earth
What is the Earth's only natural satelite?
The Moon.
Which planet group is closest to the Sun?
Inner planets
Which planet is famous for having a large storm called the Great Red Spot?
Jupiter
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Which planet is known as the "red planet"?
Mars
What do we call the different shapes of the moon seen from Earth?
Moon phases
Name all four inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
This planet has the tallest volcano in the solar system.
Mars
Name one reason the sun is important to the solar system.
It gives light
It gives heat
It provides a strong gravitational pull
True!
This is why the planets orbit around it, and do not just float off into space.
What causes the moon to shine at night?
It reflects light from the sun.
What separates the inner and outer planets?
The asteroid belt
The hottest planet is...
Venus
What was the name of the first U.S. space craft to land on the moon?
Apollo 11
What is the full acronym that we made yesterday to help us remember the order of the planets?
My very edible mushroom juice shines under neon.
Which star helps us find direction?
The North Star (Polaris)
Name two gas giants.
Jupiter and Saturn
Neptune
Why don't we see stars during the day?
The Sun's light is too bright.
What is the word for a planet's path around the Sun?
Orbit
What are stars mostly made of?
Hydrogen and Helium gases
What is one main difference between inner and outer planets?
Inner = rocky
Outer = gas/ice giants
This is a planet that spins on its side like it's about to roll out of the solar system.
Uranus
What is the reason Pluto is not considered a planet anymore?
(hint: orbit)
Pluto has not cleared its orbit, which is required to be considered a planet.