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Solar System
Question | Answer |
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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 |