The Planets

Question 0

What planet besides earth, has four seasons?

Answer 0

Mars

Question 1

What’s the nickname for the inner planets that means earth-like?

Answer 1

Terrestrial

Question 2

Name the properties all inner planets have:

Answer 2

Rocky crusts, dense mantle layers with a very dense cores, and pro grade motion (besides Venus)

Question 3

Why is Venus called earths sister planet?

Answer 3

Because of similar diameter, Mass, and gravity.

Question 4

What’s the nickname for the outer planets that means Jupiter-like?

Answer 4

Jovian

Question 5

The blue color of that Uranus and Neptune is caused by what element in the atmosphere?

Answer 5

Methane

Question 6

The great red Spot, a storm that never disappears, is located on which planet?

Answer 6

Jupiter

Question 7

What two things are the rings of the gas giants composed of?

Answer 7

Ice and rocks

Question 8

Which Jovian planet is closest to the sun?

Answer 8

Jupiter

Question 9

Which outer planet has the largest ring system?

Answer 9

Saturn

Question 10

What is the name for our largest planet?

Answer 10

Jupiter

Question 11

What is the name for our smallest planet?

Answer 11

Mercury

Question 12

Which planet does not have an atmosphere

Answer 12

Mercury

Question 13

Which planet has the highest surface temperature?

Answer 13

Venus

Question 14

Which planet rotates on its side?

Answer 14

Uranus

Question 15

Which planets have no moons? (2)

Answer 15

Venus and Mercury

Question 16

Which planet has the most number of moons?

Answer 16

Jupiter

Question 17

Which planet has the largest mountain in the solar system located on it (Olympus Mons)?

Answer 17

Mars

Question 18

When an object orbits west to east, it is said to have a prograde rotation. Rotating the opposite way is called what?

Answer 18

Retro grade motion

Question 19

Which planet has a retro grade motion

Answer 19

Venus

Question 20

The amount of time it takes a planet to rotate on its axis is called what?

Answer 20

A day

Question 21

There are currently____planets and_____dwarf planets.

Answer 21

8,1

Question 22

Name the planets in order.

Answer 22

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Question 23

Where do you meteoroids usually come from?

Answer 23

Comets or astroids

Question 24

Where is a dwarf planet located?

Answer 24

The astroid belt

Question 25

What is the name of a dwarf planet?

Answer 25

Ceres

Question 26

Where is the Kuiper Belt located?

Answer 26

Near the orbit of Neptune and beyond Pluto

Question 27

What is a shooting star?

Answer 27

A small, rapidly moving meteor burning up on entering earth's atmosphere

Question 28

Why are asteroids not considered planets?

Answer 28

They are too small and numerous

Question 29

The astroid belt is located between what two planets?

Answer 29

Mars and Jupiter

Question 30

Went to meteoroid enters earths atmosphere it is called a _____. If it is large enough to go through earths atmosphere and hit the ground, it is called_____.

Answer 30

Meteor, meteorites

Question 31

Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?

Answer 31

Because it is smaller than our moon and cuts off Neptunes orbit

Question 32

What is Pluto?

Answer 32

A plutoid

Question 33

A common still always points in what direction from the sun

Answer 33

Away

Question 34

Besides Pluto list the other Plutoid's and their location in the solar system.

Answer 34

Eris, Makemake, and Haumea. They are all located in the Kuiper Belt.

Question 35

What are the names of the Rovers from oldest to newest?

Answer 35

- Sojourner rover, Mars path finder - spirit, Mars exploration rover - opportunity, Mars exploration rover - Curiosity, Mars science Lab

Question 36

What did Opportunity and Spirit do on Mars?

Answer 36

Explored the Martian surface and its' geology.

Question 37

What did curiosity do there?

Answer 37

A car sized rover lab that landed in Gale Crater to assess if the site offered microbial life, the role of water on the planet, and it's planetary habitability