Birth of the Solar System

Smaller bits of rocks and metals that exist in our solar system are…

 ____________suggested that the planets and sun moved around the earth.

A comet’s tail is always pointed…

The asteroid belt resides between _____________ and _____________.

If a planet has a blueish-green color, the planet may be rich in __________.

Pluto was named after the god of the ______ and was declassified to the status of dwarf planet.

____________ rotates on its side, as opposed to all other planets in our solar system.

These types of asteroids orbit the sun, but are not in the asteroid belt.

These types of asteroids orbit the sun, but are not in the asteroid belt.

Venus is to believed to suffer from...

The largest volcano in our solar system is _________   ___________.

Mars is the _________ planet from the sun.

When a planet’s orbit appears to reverse direction it is said to be in…

 ___________  ____________  discussed how planets traveled in ellipses, not perfect circles.

Asteroids_________ reach the earth.

The Kuiper Belt begins just within__________ orbit.

Except for the dwarf planet Pluto, the outer planets are called_________  ____________.

 ____________ROTATES in retrograde as opposed to earth.

Astronomers believe that all of our solar system’s comets originate from the…

The inner planets are also known as _________  ___________.

When planets move in smaller circles while orbiting a larger body is called...

The largest volcanoes in our solar system reside on the planet…

Another name for a planet’s orbit is:

Why is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter similar to the great dark spots on Neptune.

Astronomers believe that our solar system is over

Venus’ atmosphere consists mostly of…

In the center of a heliocentric solar system is the ________.

Asteroids comprised mostly of carbon look____________ in appearance.

Uranus was named for the god of …