Solar System Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
closest planet to sun	Mercury
atmosphere has poisonous gasses (CO2)	Venus
The distance from the earth to the sun (93 Million miles)	Astronomical Unit
second planet from sun	Venus
third planet from sun	Earth
has water in the form of liquid	Earth
planet with features most similar to earth's (not size)	Mars
Causes Mars to look red	Iron oxide (rust ) dust on the surface
biggest volcano in the solar system found here	Mars
the great red spot found on this planet	Jupiter
largest planet in solar system	Jupiter
planet that is famous for its rings	Saturn
planet that rotates on its side	Uranus
methane gas gives this planet its blue color	Neptune
the planet with the most moons	Jupiter
furthest planet from the sun	Neptune
center of the solar system	Sun
separates the inner and outer planets	asteroid belt
keeps all the planets in orbit around the sun	gravity
The motion of a planet around another body	Revolution
These planets spin backwards	Venus and Uranus
This is the motion of a body spinning on its axis	Rotation
This planet has the fastest rotation	Jupiter
imaginary line that goes through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole	Axis
Contains most of the mass in the solar system	Sun
the amount of time it takes Earth to make one rotation	24 hours
Named after the God of War	Mars
the number of days it takes Earth to revolve around the sun	one year
Earth's natural satellite	moon
Jupiter's great red spot is a	Storm
The planet closest to the earth in size	Venus
this is in the center of the solar system	Sun
the name of the galaxy we live in	Milky way
the year man first stepped foot on the moon	1969
the closest star to Earth	Sun
The terrestrial planets are also known as the	The inner planets
The outer planets are made of	gas
Means made of rock	terrestrial

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