Unit 4: The Solar System - Review Game

Venus's day is longer than it's year because it ______ slower than it ______ around the Sun

What is the difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid?

Around 65 Million Years ago, a massive asteroid landed in _______, leading to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

What objects are made of mostly ice and are typically found on the outer edges of the Solar System?

What planet has a nearly horizontal rotation?

What is the windiest planet in the Solar System?

What is the correct order of the outer planets from closest to furthest from the Sun

What planet has the largest volcanoes in the Solar System?

What smaller spherical objects orbit around planets?

What planet has the most visible rings?

The early solar system began as a cloud of dust and gas known as a _______.

What large spherical objects orbit around the Sun?

How many planets are in the Solar System?

The Sun produces energy in its core through the process of ________.

What planet is the hottest planet in the Solar System

Which of the following statements about Mars is FALSE?

What is the smallest planet in the Solar System

Copernicus was the first person to publish a _______ model of the Solar System with the Sun was at the center.

What is the only planet to currently have liquid water on its surface?

Mars is _____ in color because there is a lot of ____ in its soil.

What large irregular pieces of rock are found mostly between Mars and Jupiter?

Which of the following statements about the outer planets is TRUE?

Most meteoroids never hit the Earth's surface because _______.

Solar storms such as flares and coronal mass ejections can cause what type of damage on Earth?

The largest volcano on Mars is named _______ and is three times taller than Mount Everest on Earth.

Which of the following statements about the inner planets is TRUE?

The first model of the Solar System was a ______ model, where the Earth was at the center.

A ______ is located in outer space. A _____ is moving in the Earth's atmosphere. A _____ has hit the Earth's surface.

These are pockets of strong magnetism that form on the Sun in an 11-year cycle

What is the correct order of the inner planets from closest to furthest from the Sun?

What is the largest planet in the Solar System?

How many times greater is the diameter of the Sun than the Earth?

Pluto is no longer considered a true planet because it _________.

With current technology, a trip to Mars would take about _____ and the return to Earth would take about ____.

This person was the first to publish a model of the Solar System in the 4th Century BC