Planets

Question 1

What is a rhyme for remembering the planets?

Answer 1

My
Very
Energetic
Monkey
Just
Started
Understanding
Nothing

Question 2

What is the closest planet to the sun?

Answer 2

Mercury

Question 3

What is the planet furthest away from the sun?

Answer 3

Neptune

Question 4

What is the hottest planet?

Answer 4

Venus

Question 5

What is the coldest planet?

Answer 5

Neptune

Question 6

What are stars?

Answer 6

Stars are huge balls of gas that give out light.

Question 7

What is the sun?

Answer 7

A star

Question 8

How can we see stars?

Answer 8

We can see stars because they emit light.

Question 9

What are the the planets closer to the sun called?

Answer 9

They are called the inner planets and they are terrestrial planets because they are made of rock

Question 10

What are the inner planets?

Answer 10

Mercury, Venus. Earth, Mars

Question 11

What are the the planets further away from the sun called?

Answer 11

They are called outer planets and they are gas giants.

Question 12

What are the outer planets?

Answer 12

Jupitar, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 13

What is in between the inner and outer planets?

Answer 13

An aesteroid belt

Question 14

What are dwarf planets?

Answer 14

Dwarf planets are a lump of rock in orbit around the sun but are smaller than planets.

Question 15

What are examples of dwarf planets in our solar system? (4)

Answer 15

Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea

Question 16

What is a satellite?

Answer 16

A satellite is a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star.

Question 17

Is earth a satellite?

Answer 17

Yes, it orbits the sun

Question 18

What is the force of earths gravity

Answer 18

9.8 mp/s

Question 19

What is mass?

Answer 19

1. It is the amount of matter in an object
2. It never changes no matter what gravity
3. It is measured in kg.

Question 20

What is weight?

Answer 20

• It is the force acting on an object, due to gravity
• It changes depending on the strength of gravity
• It is measured in Newtons.