Inner Planets
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Which dwarf planet is found in the Asteroid Belt? | Ceres
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| Which planet is the smallest inner planet? | Mercury
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| What can be found between Mars and Jupiter? | Asteroid Belt
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| Name the two moons of Mars. | Phobos & Deimos
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| What is found in the center of the Solar System? | Sun
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| Which planet is known as the Red Planet? | Mars
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| Which planet is the hottest because of its clouds? | Venus
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| Which planet is known as Earth's twin? | Venus
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| Which planet is the closest to the Sun? | Mercury
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| Which planet is known as the Water Planet (Blue Planet)? | Earth
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| Which is the largest inner planet? | Earth
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| This is the hardest and hottest part of the Earth | core
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| This is where the oceans and continents are found on Earth. | crust
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| This is a thick layer of hot and rocky Earth | mantle
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| How much of the Earth is water? | 3/4 or 75%
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| What makes up our Solar System? | Sun and all bodies that revolve around it
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| What is an orbit or revolution? | the path of an object around another
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| What is rotation? | the spinning of an object on its axis
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| What is caused by Earth's rotation? | day and night
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| What controls Earth's seasons? | tilt of axis
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| First planet from the sun. | Mercury
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| Second planet from the sun. | Venus
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| Third planet from the sun. | Earth
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| Fourth planet from the sun | Mars
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| Which direction does the Earth rotate? | Counter clockwise
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| The sun appears to rise in the _______ and set in the ________ | Rise in the East and set in the West
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| We are closest to the sun in which season? | Winter
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| We are furthest from the sun in which season? | Summer
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| One Earth rotation is equal to | 24 hours or 1 day
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| One Earth revolution is equal to | 365 1/4 days or 12 months or 1 year
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| How far does Earth tilt on its axis? | 23.5 degrees
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| What does rotation control? | Night and day
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| What does the tilt of the Earth controls? | Seasons
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