Earth and the Solar System

What is a waning moon?

Which is true about the asteroid belt.

This red planet has robots littered on the ground, seasons, polar ice caps, & once had water.

True/False: A Lunar Eclipse (Earth is between the Moon & Sun) can be seen anywhere it is dark.

This planet has a frozen crust, is smaller than Earth's moon, and has never been explored.

Second smallest planet, has craters, no atmosphere, and great extremes in temperature.

What causes seasons?

T/F: Meteorites are fragments of rock & metals that come from space & land on Earth's surface.

This planet is bluish-green due to methane gas, has rings, and a tilted axis.

When the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth blocking sunlight from the Earth it is the __ __.

This planet has rings made of ice and rocks, has a moon called Titan plus 29 others moons.

This planet is blue because of methane & helium. It's largest moon has geysers & likely lava.

True/False: On a clear day everyone would be able to see a Total Solar Eclipse.

A group of planets that are mostly solid with minerals similar to Earth.

This planet is the second to the sun, surrounded by clouds, and extremely hot.

Which is not true about an astronomical unit (distance)?

This planet is largest, spins the fastest, has a red whirlpool on its surface, & has 28 moons.

The Earth spins on its axis and orbits around the sun. The compete orbit around the sun is __.

T/F: All comets come from within our solar system.

Which is not characteristic of the outer planets.