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The Planets (6th Grade Sci.)

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  • ANYTHING that revolves around something else is considered a...
    Hubble Telescope
    Moon
    Space Junk
    Satellite
  • I start out smaller than an asteroid and get my name AFTER hitting Earth...
    Meteor
    Meteoroid
    Comet
    Meteorite
  • I surround the solar system in a blanket of dust, comets and asteroids
    Oort Cloud
    Kuiper Belt
    Nebula
    Pluto
  • I have 70% of my surface covered in water, support life and have a mostly N & O atmosphere.
    Earth
    Jupiter
    Mars
    Saturn
  • I am a small dense planet that orbits closest to the sun...
    Mars
    Mercury
    Pluto
    Venus
  • I'm the red planet, have CO2 ice caps, extinct volcanoes, and it's believe I once had water...
    Mercury
    Venus
    Earth
    Mars
  • I'm the largest planet, have the most moons & have a swirling gas storm called the red eye...
    Jupiter
    Neptune
    Saturn
    Uranus
  • I have large rings of ice, gas and dust; I'm the second largest planet in the solar system...
    Venus
    Saturn
    Neptune
    Uranus
  • I span the gap between Jupiter and Mars, I wouldn't fly a ship through this debris...
    Nebula
    Oort Cloud
    Kuiper Belt
    Asteroid Belt
  • I have a highly elliptical orbit and scientist say I'm not a planet, but an asteroid
    Pluto
    Hubble
    Neptune
    Mercury
  • I orbit the sun in highly elliptical patterns, with a long tail of evaporating ice behind me...
    Meteor
    Meteorite
    Comet
    Asteroid
  • I am the same size as Earth with a thick CO2 atmosphere that traps heat, making it REALLY hot!
    Neptune
    Venus
    Jupiter
    Uranus
  • I'm very cold, gaseous, and the color blue. They call me an ice giant, furthest from the sun...
    Pluto
    Uranus
    Neptune
    Jupiter
  • I rotate differently than the others, have a thin ring of debris, and am the 7th of 8...
    Neptune
    Venus
    Saturn
    Uranus
  • The name used for a small rocky body orbiting a larger body (planet)
    Satellite
    Moon
    Meteor
    Comet