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Solar System
Solar System test 3/11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A comet is visible in the sky ONLY when it is close to the | Sun |
| A large ball of ice adn dust that orbits the sun | coment |
| The spinning of an object on it's axis | rotation |
| The tilt of Earth's axis causes | seasons |
| A planet's ____ is its path around the sun. | orbit |
| The force of one object's pull on another is | gravity |
| A large body of gas or rock that orbits the sun is a | planet |
| The movement of one object in a path around another object | revolution |
| The sun and the objects that orbit it is called the | Solar System |
| An imaginary line that goes through the Poles is | Axis |
| List Planets in order.... | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| Inner Planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| Outer Planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| Which Planet: Closest to the sun, Very Hot, Shortest orbit, no moons | Mercury |
| Which Planet: Rotates backwards, no moons, "Evening Star", clouds cover surfaces | Venus |
| Which Planet: Only planet with living things, 75% water, one moon | Earth |
| Which Planet: Red Planet, Largest volcano in solar system, two moons | Mars |
| Which Planet: Largest Planet, Great Red Spot, 16 moons, surface is made up of gasses | Jupiter |
| Which Planet: Large system of rings, 18 moons, rings are made of ice, rock and dust | Saturn |
| Which Planet: Rotates on it's side, 15 moons, blue-green in color, rings | Uranus |
| Which Planet: Crosses Pluto's Orbit, 8 moons, cold, strong winds, blue in color, Great dark spot | Neptune |
| Which Planet: Used to be a planet, made of ice, farthest from sun, one moon almost as large as the planet | Pluto |