Earth & Solar System Vocab

Front

Circular motion around an object

Back

Orbit

Front

Solid rock and metal planet with

higher density than gas giants

Back

Terrestrial Planet

Front

Smallest planet and closest to the sun

Back

Mercury

Front

Similar to Earth

Back

Venus

Front

The red planet (caused by iron rich rocks

Back

Mars

Front

Gas planets, are large planets in our

of gasses like hydrogen and helium.

Back

Gas planets

Front

Largest and most massive plane

Back

Jupiter

Front

Second largest planet - has rings!

Back

Saturn

Front

Looks blue-green because of methane in atmosphere, rotates at 90 degrees

Back

Uranus

Front

cold, blue planet

Back

Neptune