Unit 8: Solar System

Front

What are the two planets most similar in their composition?

Back

Earth and Mars.

Front

Which planet is the third from the Sun?

Back

Earth.

Front

What orbits around planets rather than the Sun?

Back

Moons.

Front

Where is the asteroid belt located?

Back

Between Mars and Jupiter.

Front

What is a similarity between asteroids and comets?

Back

They both orbit the Sun.

Front

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Back

Jupiter.

Front

What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

Back

Mercury.

Front

What is the main component of the Sun?

Back

Hydrogen.

Front

What do we call the path that planets take around the Sun?

Back

Orbit.

Front

What is the term for a group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity?

Back

Galaxy.