| PLANETS | ||
| #1 | How many planets are there? | 8 |
| #2 | Which planet is nearest the sun? | Mercury |
| #3 | The largest planet is ... | Jupiter |
| #4 | Two planets with rings are ... | Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter - name any two |
| #5 | Name the planets in order from the sun. | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
| EARTH | ||
| #1 | Earth is a ... | planet |
| #2 | Earth is mostly covered by _______. | water |
| #3 | The distance around Earth is .... | 25,000 mi |
| #4 | The distance through the Earth is ... | 8,000 mi |
| #5 | It takes Earth how long to orbit the sun ... | 365 days |
| SUN | ||
| #1 | What are the small, dark patches on the sun? | sunspots |
| #2 | What two kinds of energy do we get from the sun? | heat, light |
| #3 | The 3rd layer of the sun is ... | Convection Zone |
| #4 | What size and color is the sun? | yellow dwarf |
| #5 | What galaxy is the sun in? | Milky Way |
| Astroids, Comets, Meteroites | ||
| #1 | Icy Objects | Comets |
| #2 | Most found in the asteriod belt | Asteroids |
| #3 | Streak across the sky very fast | Meteors |
| #4 | Tails always points away from the Sun | Comets |
| #5 | rocky composition | ALL (comets, asteroids, and meteors |
| Planets | ||
| #1 | Venus is the ___________ planet from the sun. | 2nd |
| #2 | Pluto was once a planet, but now it is called a ____________. | Dwarf Planet |
| #3 | Which planet in the solar system thousands of rings? | Saturn |
| #4 | Vaporizes in Earth’s Atmosphere | Meteroites |
| #5 | A _________ is a natural satellite which revolves around a planet. | Moon |
| Final Question | |
| The birth regions in the galaxy for stars is the... | the Carina Nebula |