AGS ES Chapter 4 Review

True or False: All planets move around the sun in the SAME direction.

What is the coldest, outermost planet in the solar system?

Another name for moon is _____________.

______ are glowing balls of hot gas that makes its own energy and light

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

A _____ is an asteroid that hits the surface of a planet or moon after traveling through space.

The atmosphere of Mars is made up mostly of ____________.

What is the only planet that has liquid water on its surface?

________ are large objects in space that orbits a star such as the sun

The ___________ is a region between Mars and Jupiter, where most asteroids orbit the sun

The largest object in the solar system is ___________

How many moons does Mars have?

How long does it take Neptune to complete one revolution around the sun?

True or False: Planets make their own light.

What makes pluto different than all the other outer planets?

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

________ are a ball of ice, rock, frozen gases, and dust that orbits the sun.

The __________ is the layer of the sun that gives off light

What is the only planet that rotates on its side?

The __________ are the ones that are closest to the sun.

True or False: The sun has no solid surface.

The outer temperature of the sun is about _______ degrees Celsius.

What is the brightest planet in the solar system?

In general the farther away a planet is from the sun, the ________ its speed.

The sun's atmosphere consists of three layers.

A ______ is a rocky object smaller than a planet that has its own orbit around the sun.

The sun is made up of what two gases?

_____ is the fastest orbiting planet.

Because the sun has much more mass than the objects orbiting it, the objects are pulled ______.

The inner planets include:

Which planet has about 1,000 individual rings around its equator?

What planet is the only planet in the solar system that rotates from east to west?

There are _____ planets in the solar system