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Solar System notes
Question/answer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. How do we remember the planets of the Solar System? | My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.) |
| 2. What are the Inner Planets? | They are the 4 planets closest to the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.) |
| 3. What type are the Inner Planets? | Terrestrial. |
| 4. What is Mars known for? | Being also known as the red planet. |
| 5. What are the Outer Planets? | The 4 planets farthest to the sun (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.) |
| 6. What are Outer Planets made of? | The are made of gas (They are sometimes called gas giants.) |
| 7. Which planet is the largest planet and has a Big Red Spot on it, which is actually a storm? | Jupiter. |
| 8. What type of belt separates the Inner Planets from the Outer Planets? | The Asteroid Belt. |
| 9. What is located at the center of our Soler System? | The sun. |
| 10. Where do we all live? | The Milky Way Galaxy. |
| 11. What other type of planets are also in our Solar System? | Dwarf planets, such as Pluto. |
| 12. What looks like the largest star in our sky because it is the closest star closest to Earth? | The sun. |
| 13. What orbits the sun? | All 8 of the planets, plus the dwarf planets. |
| 14. What continues to change allowing us to learn more about space? | Technology. |