The Solar System

Solar sails are accelerated (pushed) by ___

The Earth's rotation on its axis causes___

The perfect balance between forward motion of a body in space and a gravitational pull causes _

It requires more _____________ to accelerate an object with a greater _____________.

The rocky, inner planets of the solar system are called ___

Which of these planets has the longest orbital period?

These produce a tail of gases when close to the Sun. Sometimes called dirty snowballs.

The largest planet in the solar system ___

Saturn's rings are mainly composed of ___

In the equation F=ma, the F stands for:

The G.O.A.T. is _____________

The first man-made satellite launched into orbit was ____________

The ____________ of the Sun causes the planets to remain in orbit.

The planets orbiting the Sun outside the asteroid belt are called___

In general, as you travel further from the Sun the distance between planets _____.

The closest planet to the Sun.

If you lift a large rock and hold it over your head, you have increased the rock's ____________

The region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

An object that is in motion will remain in motion unless affected by a force is ___

A small, irregularly-shaped rocky body orbiting the Sun.

The person is pushing on the rock and the rock is pushing back equally on the person...

The best unit to use when measuring distances within our solar system is ___.

The amount of time it takes the Earth to travel around the Sun.

How long ago did the Earth and the rest of the solar system form?

The mission that landed the first humans on the Moon was _____________

The force that causes all planets in the solar system to remain in orbit.

This dwarf planet orbits the Sun in the region of space called the Kuiper Belt.

The first person to accurately describe the orbits of the planets was _____.

The shape of the planets' orbits around the Sun.

Why can't you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom?