Vocabulary | ||
#1 | Having the conditions necessary to support life | Habitable |
#2 | Any planet with a solid surface | Rocky Planet |
#3 | A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole | System |
#4 | A scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes the Earth | Geologist |
#5 | A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune | Landform |
Rocky Planets | ||
#1 | The largest of the rocky planets | Earth |
#2 | The smallest of the rocky planets | Mercury |
#3 | The most similar in size to Earth | Venus |
#4 | The closest to the sun | Mercury |
#5 | Water has been found on these two planets | Earth and Mars |
Earth | ||
#1 | Earth is the ______ planet from the sun | 3 |
#2 | Day and night are caused by this | Rotation of the Earth |
#3 | The main cause of tides on Earth | Gravitational pull of the moon |
#4 | What is the name of the Earth's oldest satellite | Moon |
#5 | This causes Earth's seasons | Earth's tilt |
Solar System | ||
#1 | Number of planets in our solar system | 8 |
#2 | This "belt" is found between Mars and Jupiter | Asteroid |
#3 | This planet was "demoted" to a planetoid | Pluto |
#4 | This causes objects in the solar system to stay in orbit | Sun's gravity |
#5 | The four phases of the moon | Full, quarter, half, new |
The Spheres | ||
#1 | The biosphere represents this on Earth |
Life |
#2 | The atmosphere represents this on Earth |
The air or gases surrounding the planet |
#3 | The hydrosphere represents this on Earth |
Water |
#4 | The geosphere represents this on Earth |
Land |
#5 | The four spheres on Earth |
Hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere |
Final Question | |
The cryosphere represents this part of the Earth |
Frozen water |