8 planets & 6 vocab words Flashcards
closest to the sun, smallest planet.
Mercury
second closest to the sun.Is almost the same size as Earth
Venus
The only planet with water on it,the only planet with living things.
Earth
The fourth planet from the sun.Is half the size of Earth.
Mars
The fifth planet from the sun.It has polar ice caps.
jupiter
The sixth planet from the sun.Its largest moon is Titan.
saturn
The seventh planet from the sun.Is four times larger than Earth.
uranus
The farthest planet from the sun.
Neptune
Is a ball of hot gasses that gives off light and other energy.
A star
Is everything that exists throughout space.
The universe
Is a star system that contains large groups of stars.
A galaxy
is a large nearly round space object that orbits a star.
A planet
is a large rocky object that orbits a planet.
The moon
is an object that orbits the sun, is bigger than an asteroid but smaller than a planet, and has a nearly round shape.
a dwarf planet