Planets and More Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| like a large dirty snowball | comet |
| rock made of similar material that formed the planets | asteroid |
| made of dust and rock that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere | meteor |
| smaller pieces of rock broken from this become meteoroids | comet |
| most are located between orbits of Mars and Jupiter | asteroids (Asteroid Belt) |
| often has a tail | comet |
| a "falling star" | meteor |
| orbits the sun | planets, asteroids, comets |
| sequence that describes a space rock that falls to Earth's surface | meteoroid, meteor, meteorite |
| order of the planets starting closest to the sun | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| number of planets | 8 |
| direction that planets, sun, stars, and moon appear to move | They appear to rise in the East and set in the West. |
| what the inner planets are made of | mostly rock |
| what the outer planets are made of | mostly gas |
| Are the inner planets or the outer planets more dense? | The inner planets are more dense because they are more tightly packed (solid). |
| Earth is very different from the other planets because it has the most ____________. | liquid water |
| Which planets are smaller than the Earth? | Mercury, Venus, Mars |
| inner planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| outer planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| largest planet and a gas giant | Jupiter |
| planet that is almost the same size as Earth (even though this planet is a little bit smaller than Earth) | Venus |
| a space rock that is still in space | meteoroid |
| a meteoroid that burns up in the earth's atmosphere | meteor |
| a meteoroid that doesn't burn up in the earth's atmosphere and ends up hitting the earth's surface | meteorite |
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