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Solar System II

VOCABULARY

Question: What word means the path of an object around another object in space?

Answer: orbit

Question: What word means a force that attracts two objects toward one another?
Answer: gravity

Question: What word means the spinning of an object on its axis?
Answer: rotation

Question: What word means it can pull something up or down?
Answer: force

Question: What word means a natural satellite of a planet?
Answer: moon

FACTS

Question: What planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury

Question: What planet is the farthest from the sun?
Answer: Neptune

Question: What is the sun?
Answer: A star that heats the Earth.

Question: How many planets are there in the solar system?
Answer: 8

Question: In which direction do the planets rotate?
clockwise or counter clockwise
Answer: clockwise

MERCURY

Question: How many moons does Mercury have?
Answer: Zero

Question: Is Mercury's surface smooth or cratered?
Answer: cratered

Question: When can you see Mercury?
Answer: sunrise and sunset

Question: Is Mercury the smallest planet?
Answer: yes

Question: What planet is hotter than Mercury?
Answer: Venus

JUPITER

Question: Is Jupiter the biggest planet?
Answer: yes

Question: Does Jupiter have a ring?
Answer: yes

Question: Is Jupiter's atmosphere thick or thin?
Answer: thick

Question: What is Jupiter's red spot?
Answer: long lasting storm

Question: Does Jupiter have dozens of moons?
Answer: yes

PLUTO

Question: What is Pluto's big moon called?
Answer: Charon

Question: Is Pluto bigger than the 8 planets?
Answer: no

Question: Does Pluto always orbit beyond Neptune?
Answer: No

Question: Is Pluto bigger or smaller than our moon?
Answer: smaller

Question: How many moons does Pluto have?
Answer: 3 It has one big moon and 2 tiny moons.