Planets

Question 1

List the eight planets in order

Answer 1

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

Question 2

List three ways rock planets are similar

Answer 2

All made of rock, all have metallic materials, all have solid crust

Question 3

List three ways the gas planets are similar

Answer 3

Primarily made up of H and He (hydrogen and helium), have a thick gas and liquid layer covering a small core, have strong gravitational forces due to their large masses

Question 4

Flyby

Answer 4

Continues to pass its object into space

Question 5

AU

Answer 5

93 million miles

Question 6

A meteoroid that strikes a planet/moon

Answer 6

Meteorite

Question 7

What is the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid?

Answer 7

Their location in space

Question 8

The Sun is a star made out of _____ gas

Answer 8

Hydrogen

Question 9

The four planets closest to the Sun are called the _____ planets

Answer 9

Inner

Question 10

Inner planets are made mostly of ____ materials

Answer 10

solid rocky

Question 11

The four planets farthest from the Sun are called ___ planets

Answer 11

Outer

Question 12

The outer planets are made mostly of ___ and ____

Answer 12

Ice; gases

Question 13

Because outer planets are much larger than inner planets, they are sometimes called ______

Answer 13

Gas giants