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solar system notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.how do you remember all the planets in order? | of the sentence My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos. mercury, Venus, earth, mars, Jupiter ,Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| 2.what are inner planets? | inner planets are the 4 planets closest to the sun |
| 3.what is one way the inner planets are in common? | they are all terrestrial. [like earth] |
| 4.what is another name for mars? | red planet |
| 6.what are two things the outer planets have in common? | they are all made of gas, and they both have ring systems |
| 5.what are outer planets? | outer planets are the 4 planets farthest from the sun |
| 7.what is our biggest planet in our solar system and what is that big red dot on Jupiter? | our biggest planet is Jupiter and the big red dot on Jupiter is a big storm |
| 8.what separates the inner planets and the outer planets? | the asteroid belt |
| 9.where is the sun in our solar system? | its in the middle of our solar system |
| 10.which galaxy do we live in? | milky way galaxy |
| 11.what is the name of one dwarf planet in our solar system? | Pluto |
| 12.why does the sun look so big? | because it is the star closest to the earth |
| 13.whats one other thing that orbits the sun? | dwarf planets |
| 14.does technology change help us learn more about space? | yes |