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WGU - Planets
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mercury | 1st Terrestrial Planet |
| Venus | 2nd Terrestrial Planet |
| Earth | 3rd Terrestrial Planet |
| Mars | 4th Terrestrial Planet |
| Jupitar | 1st Jovian Planet |
| Saturn | 2nd Jovian Planet |
| Uranus | 3rd Jovian Planet |
| Neptune | 4th Jovian Planet |
| Pluto | Possibly not a planet, but a moon of Neptunes or an asteroid |
| Mercury | 1/3 diamer of Earth |
| Mercury | 1/20 mass of Earth |
| Mercury | Less than 1/2 diameter of Earth |
| Mercury | Temperature ranges from Very Hot to Very Cold |
| Mercury | 1st of 2 planets with no moon |
| Mercury | Highly eccentric orbit |
| Mercury | No plate tectonics |
| Mercury | Dense Iron Core |
| Mercury | Closest planet to the sun |
| Mercury | small planet with rocky craters |
| Mercury | 2nd smallest planet |
| Venus | Hottest planet |
| Venus | Covered with fast moving sulfuric acid clouds |
| Venus | Iron core with a weak magnetic field |
| Venus | Visable as a morning and evening star |
| Venus | Almost same size and mass as the Earth |
| Venus | Rotates in an opposite direction of other planets |
| Venus | 2nd of 2 planets with no moon |
| Venus | Diameter is 7560 miles |
| Venus | Turns slowly: 243 earth days = 1 day on this planet |
| Venus | Shows phases when looked at through telescope |
| Earth | Diameter = 7980 miles |
| Earth | Planet with the densest body |
| Earth | Only planet that supports life |
| Mars | Mass is 1/10 of that of the Earths |
| Mars | Atmosphere is primarily carbon dioxide |
| Mars | Gravitational pull like the Earth |
| Mars | Red planet due to iron core |
| Mars | Dry, rocky, dusty, impact crater, frozen ground |
| Mars | Terrestrial planet with 2 moons |
| Mars | 1/2 size of the Earth |
| Jupiter | Largest planet |
| Jupiter | 318 X's the mass of the Earth |
| Jupiter | Radiates 2X's the heat is absorbs |
| Jupiter | 11X's the diameter of the Earth |
| Jupiter | 3rd or 4th brightest object in the sky, after the Moon and Venus - Famous Red Spot |
| Jupiter | No seasons, due to little or no tilt in axis/rotation |
| Jupiter | Primarily made up of gas |
| Jupiter | 5th planet from the sun |
| Jupiter | Appears to have bands of color: created by slight chemical and temperature differences |
| Jupiter | bands of color: light bands called Zones and dark ones called Belts |
| Saturn | 2nd largest planet |
| Saturn | Composed of hydrogen and helium |
| Saturn | Has 18 moons |
| Saturn | 9.4 X's the diameter of the Earth |
| Saturn | 95X's the mass of the Earth |
| Saturn | Has a flattened shape |
| Saturn | Has rings that consist of rock and ice |
| Uranus | 3rd largest planet |
| Uranus | Lays on side and rolls around the sun |
| Uranus | Mostly made up of methane gas |
| Uranus | Has extreme seasons |
| Uranus | Orbits on its side |
| Uranus | Frozen planet with a molten core |
| Uranus | Has 22 moons |
| Uranus | It is 4X's the diameter of the Earth |
| Uranus | Planet looks greenish in color from the Earth |
| Uranus | It is 14.5X's the mass of the Earth |
| Neptune | 4th largest planet |
| Neptune | Gasseus, giant, frigid blue |
| Neptune | 3.8X's the diameter of the Earth |
| Neptune | It is 17X's the mass of the Earth |
| Neptune | Jovian planet with 2 moons |
| Neptune | Seasons last over 40 years |
| Neptune | Has great wind storms, the fastest in the solar system |
| Neptune | Atomosphere is primarily hydrogen and helium |
| Neptune | Has a great dark spot in the southern hemisphere |
| Pluto | Has a strange oval shaped orbit |
| Pluto | smallest planet: 2/3 diameter of the Earth |
| Pluto | At times is closer to Neptune, making it the 8th planet |
| Pluto | Has 1 moon |
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