Describing the Solar System Planets Flashcards

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What are the 8 Solar System planets?

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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This is the second planet from the Sun

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Venus

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It is unique among planets in our solar system for having water in its liquid form at the surface, in an amount to conducive to life evolving.

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Earth

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Is the closest planet to the Sun

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Mercury

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This planet circles the sun faster than all the other planets

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Mercury

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Known as the Red Planet

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Mars

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This planet is the most massive planet in our solar system.

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Jupiter

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It is known for Great Red Spot, an immense storm raging for at least 350 years.

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Jupiter

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Is the second brightest object in the night sky after the moon.

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Venus

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This planet is referred to as the Earth’s sister planet due to their similar size and mass.

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Venus

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This planet has an immense ring system and is the least dense planet in the Solar System.

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Saturn

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This has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. This system has a unique configuration because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways.

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Uranus

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This planet’s cloud cover has an especially vivid blue tint that is partly due to an as-yet-unidentified compound and the result of the absorption of red light by methane in the planets mostly hydrogen-helium atmosphere.

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Neptune

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This planet is mostly dubbed as the ice giant.

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Neptune

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15
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Which planet has 0 number of moons

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Venus

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16
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How many moons does Saturn have?

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30

17
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This planet is a veritable purgatory.

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Venus