Solar System

Neptune-large, gaseous planet with rings, and over 13 moons; 8th planet from our sun

Mars- has two moons, reddish surface due to iron oxide (rust), the "Red" planet

Mercury- has a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a surface with over 1,500 volcanoes

Who does Jupiter share characteristics of its Hydrogen and Helium atmosphere?

___________, fainter rings extending twice as far from the planet.

Where is the kuiper belt located?

When a moons rotation is locked to its planet, it's called?

Which of 4 Jupiter's Galilean Moons has a highly active inner and outer core?

Venus- smallest plane, planet with magnetic field, The "Incredible Shrinking" planet

Where the sun is directly overhead, rises and spreads out in the upper atmosphere its called__?

Uranus -the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; over 63 moons

What causes a comet nucleus to produce a dust tail?

Jupiter- Seventh planet; is large and gaseous and rotates tilted on its side; over 27 moons

Where is the asteroid belt located?

Earth-third planet;has an atmosphere that protects life and temperatures that compliment water.

Saturn- planet primarily of hydrogen; over 60 moons