The Solar System
What is the sun?
A Star
What is the center of our Solar System?
Sun
What planet has the shortest year? ** Closest to the sun**
Mercury (88 earth days)
Which planet is known as 'the ringed planet'?
Saturn
How long does it take for the earth to complete one rotation?
24 hours/ 1 day
Which planet is known as the red planet?
Mars
What does the moon lack that causes it to have craters?
An atmosphere
What separates the four inner planets and the four outer planets?
Asteroid Belt
Which planet rotates on its side?
Uranus
Which planet takes the longest time to orbit the sun? **furthest from the sun**
Neptune
What is the hottest planet?
Venus
How do we measure a year?
Orbit around the sun
How long does it take for earth to have one revolution around the sun?
365.25 days or a year
What are the first planets called?
Inner planets OR terrestrial planets
What causes the seasons?
The tilt in the Earth's axis.
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is another name for the outer planets?
Gas giants
What are the rings of Saturn made of?
Rocks and dust
Which planet in the solar system has the "Great Red Spot"?
Jupiter
What is the outermost layer of the sun called?
The Corona
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
What are the four outer planets in order?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
What is the planet that got kicked out of the solar system?
Pluto
What are the all the planets in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What are the four inner planets in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
What is the name of the asteroid belt where Pluto is found?
Kuiper Belt
True or false: An aurora is caused by solar wind carrying electrically charged particles to Earth's magnetic fields that collide with atoms in the atmosphere releasing photons (light).
True
Which planet has the "Great Dark Spot"?
Neptune
Which planet is known as the red planet?
Mars
True or false: Half of the moon is always illuminated by the sun.
True
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
Rotation = the movement in a circle round an axis. Revolution = when an object moves in a circular path around another object.
What is the difference between winter solstice and summer solstice?
A hemisphere’s winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and its summer solstice the year’s longest.
What does equinox mean?
Equal (day and night)
What is the Sun's atmosphere called?
Chromosphere
Why do we orbit the sun?
The gravity of the Sun is pulling them into a curved orbit.