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  • What are meteorites?
    Meteoroids that hit a planet or moon.
  • There is less daylight in the winter. True or False
    True
  • Which planet is proven to host life?
    Earth
  • What is a comet made up of?
    Ice, dust and rocky materials
  • Which planet is believed to be the first planet in our solar system?
    Jupiter
  • When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?
    Winter
  • What are the names of the five dwarf planets?
    Eris, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, Ceres
  • Which planet has the most visible rings?
    Saturn
  • The reasons we have seasons is because the Earth is _______ .
    tilted
  • Name the planets in order from the sun.
    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
  • Which planet is considered the twin of Earth?
    Venus
  • How long is Uranus's revolution around the sun?
    84 Earth years
  • Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
    Jupiter
  • Which planet has the most mooons?
    Jupiter
  • Which planets do not have moons?
    Mercury and Venus
  • What is an asteroid made up of?
    metals and rocky material
  • Explain what a meteor is.
    The glowing streak of light surrounding a meteoroid that is burning up in our atmosphere.
  • Sunlight hits Earth’s surface most directly at the _______.
    Equator
  • Which is called the Shrinking Planet?
    Mercury
  • Which planet has the worst weather?
    Neptune
  • Which are the inner planets?
    Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
  • Which is the coldest planet in the universe?
    uranus
  • Which is called the red planet?
    Mars
  • Which planet has an ice volcano?
    Neptune
  • What is the core of Neptune made of?
    Water ice
  • The reason we have seasons is because we get closer and farther to the sun. True or False?
    False
  • What is it called when Earth orbits around the sun?
    Revolution
  • How long does Earth's rotation take?
    about 24 hours.
  • A cycle is something that happens over and over again, like the seasons and day & night. True or False?
    True
  • Are there volcanos on other planets?
    yes
  • What is the path that Earth takes around the sun called?
    orbit
  • What is a Meteoroid?
    A small rocky particle that is moving in the solar system.
  • Which planet is the smallest planet in our solar system?
    Mercury
  • The rotation axis is always pointed in the same direction. True or false?
    True
  • Which are the outer planets?
    Jupiter, Saturn, Uranis, Neptune
  • How many rings does Saturn have?
    7
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