Question |
Answer |
People don't know that Neptune actually does have a very thin collection of what? |
Rings |
Neptune is made of? |
Hydrogen, Helium and Methane |
Why does Neptune look blue? |
Because the methane absorbs the red light from the sun.
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The winds on Neptune can reach up to ___________? |
2000 km per hour |
The surface of Neptune can reach what degrees celsius? |
-200 c |
A year on Uranus is how many earth years? |
84 |
Uranus rotates unusually. How does it rotate? |
On it's side |
Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with a ___________________? |
telescope |
Uranus possesses two sets of ______________ made up of dust ________ ___________ |
rings, sized particles |
The gaps inside Saturns rings are caused by what? |
The gravitational pull of the planet |
one year on saturn = how many earth years |
30 |
saturn is a ___________ made up of _____________ and ____________ |
gas giant, hydrogen helium |
saturn has _____ known moons and moonlets |
150 |
saturn has the most vast ________ _________ in our solar system |
ring system |
Earth is the __________ planet in our solar system |
densest |
ocean tides are created by |
the gravitational pull of the moon, the sun and the rotation of the earth |
the earths rotation is gradually __________ |
slowing |
coronal mass ejections cause? |
the northern and southern lights |
There are signs of ancient _______ on Mars |
floods |
Mars is most like _______ than any other planet |
earth |
Mars has the largest __________ storms than any other planet |
dust |
On mars the sun appears _____ the size than it does on earth |
half |
Mars is home to the tallest mountain – |
Mount Olympus Mons |
Venus is known as earths twin sister because |
their similar in size, mass and composition |
venus is the second ___________ thing in our night sky other than the moon |
brightest |
Venus rotates in the ___________ direction as most planets |
opposite |
The atmospheric pressure on Venus is __ times stronger than earth |
90 |
The atmosphere on Venus is about __% carbon dioxide |
95 |
why is Venus the hottest planet and Mercury isn't |
because of the amount of carbon dioxide in Venus' atmosphere |
How many earth hours is Jupiters day |
10 |
Jupiter weighs approx. how many earths? |
320 |
Jupiter has the biggest moon in solar system – |
Ganymede |
takes how many earth years to orbit sun |
12 |
jupiter big red spot bigger than earth has ________ to it's __________ size ever |
shrunk, smallest |
Mercury has ___ moons |
0 |
The solar winds always blows Mercurys __________________ away |
atmosphere |
Most of the craters on Mercury are still visible because? |
there is no weather to blow them away |
Mercury is the closest to the sun but not the hottest which one is the hottest? |
Venus |
One year on mercury = earth days |
88 |
Pluto has _ moons |
5 |
which of plutos moons is the largest |
Charon |
Pluto rotates ___________ direction than most other planets (like venus) |
opposite |
Pluto is closer to the sun than __________ for __% of its orbit |
Neptune, 10 |
Pluto was the first _______ belt object to be discovered |
kuiper |
pluto is made up mostly of _____ and probably has a _____ core |
ice, rocky |
Comets are known as ___________ __________ that orbit the sky |
dirty snowballs |
Comets orbit starts __________ our solar system |
outside |
what are comets made up of? |
rock, ice, frozen gases and dust |
they are the size of a |
small town |
when they get close to the sun what happens |
the temp rises and they release huge amounts of gas and dust to create a glowing head and two tails that spread away from the sun for millions of miles |
what are the five parts of a comet |
head, nucleus, coma, dust tail, ion tail |
asteroids are made up of? |
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