front 1 How many planets are in the solar system? | back 1 8 |
front 2 Name the planets in our solar system. | back 2 Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
front 3 What is a requirement for an object to be considered a planet? | back 3 Be in orbit around a star, dominate its orbit, and be spherical |
front 4 Name the terrestrial planets. | back 4 Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, |
front 5 Name the gas giant planets. | back 5 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
front 6 Which planet cannot be seen with the unaided eye? | back 6 Neptune |
front 7 What is Pluto? | back 7 Dwarf Planet |
front 8 What is generally the correct order of objects from smallest to largest? | back 8 Meteoroid, dwarf planet, planet, Sun, solar system |
front 9 What is the Oort cloud? | back 9 The furthest boundary of our solar system |
front 10 Where is the Kuiper Belt? | back 10 Beyond Neptune |
front 11 Approximately much of the solar system’s total mass is made up by the Sun? | back 11 99% |
front 12 What do all planets have in common? | back 12 rocky core |
front 13 Draw the solar system. | back 13 Include Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Kuiper Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Oort Cloud |