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Blast-Off to Space: The Solar System

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  • True/False: Saturn has the most moons of every planet except Jupiter.
    False-It has the most moons in the entire Solar System
  • True/False: Earth, her Moon & Mars all have polar ice caps.
    True
  • How many moons are in our Solar System?
    over 200
  • Which planet is the only one we know of for sure that can sustain life?
    Earth
  • How much of our planet's crust is water?
    70-71%
  • How many planets are in our Solar System?
    8 Main Planets
  • True/False: Uranus is smaller than Neptune in size?
    False-Uranus is bigger than Neptune in size
  • How many Suns are in our Solar System?
    One
  • True/False: Neptune is the windiest planet in the Solar System.
    True
  • What is another name for our Sun?
    Sol
  • True/False: Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in our Solar System?
    True
  • True/False: All of the Outer Planet (Jovian Planets) have rings & many moons.
    True
  • How long is one day on Planet Earth?
    24 hours
  • Venus is called Earth's ___ because it is almost the same size as Earth.
    Sister Planet
  • Which planet is the hottest planet with over 1,000 volcanoes?
    Venus
  • Which planet has the largest volcano, Olympus Mons, on its surface?
    Mars
  • True/False: Jupiter is the 3rd largest planet in our Solar System?
    False-It is the #1 Largest Planet in our Solar System.
  • How long (in days) does it take us to orbit (revolve) around the Sun?
    365 days=one year
  • How long is one year on Uranus?
    84 Years
  • How long do the seasons last on Neptune?
    40 Earth years
  • True/False: Uranus is also called the “Sidewinding Planet”.
    False-It is called the Sideways Planet because it spins on its equator/side
  • Which planet is just slightly larger than Mercury & is the 4th from the Sun?
    Mars
  • Mercury orbits, or goes around the Sun very ____.
    fast-just 88 days for one orbit
  • True/False: Jupiter has rings but they are hard to see because they are just small dust particles.
    True
  • Our Sun is just a Big ball of ____.
    Gas
  • What is the Biggest thing in our Solar System?
    The Sun
  • True/False: We can walk on the surface of Saturn?
    False
  • What are the outer four planets called?
    Gas Giants/Jovian Planets
  • How long is one day on Jupiter?
    10 Earth Hours & it has the shortest days of all the major planets
  • Why is Mars red?
    Rust
  • All life needs the ____ energy, heat and light.
    Sun's
  • Mercury is the ___ planet to the Sun.
    Closest
  • How many moons does Saturn have?
    More than 82 moons & 150 moonlets
  • Which planet is the 2nd from our Sun?
    Venus
  • What gas makes Uranus & Neptune blue?
    Methane
  • How long is one day on Neptune?
    16 Earth hours
  • How many moons does Mars have?
    two: Deimos & Phobos