Flashcards on The Solar System and the Planets
The Solar System and the Planets
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Solar System and Planets
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Card 1
Question: What does the solar system consist of?
Answer: The solar system consists of the Sun, eight planets, their moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets.
Card 2
Question: What force holds the solar system together?
Answer: Gravity holds the solar system together.
Card 3
Question: What are the paths called that planets travel around the Sun?
Answer: Planets travel around the Sun on paths called orbits.
Card 4
Question: What sentence helps remember the order of the planets from the Sun?
Answer: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles.
Card 5
Question: Name the eight planets in order from the Sun.
Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Card 6
Question: Which planet is closest to the Sun and the smallest?
Answer: Mercury.
Card 7
Question: Describe the temperature and atmosphere of Mercury.
Answer: Mercury is terribly hot by day and terribly cold at night, with no air.
Card 8
Question: Which planet is similar in size to Earth and is the hottest?
Answer: Venus.
Card 9
Question: Why is Venus the hottest planet, even hotter than Mercury?
Answer: Venus is wrapped in thick clouds, making it the hottest planet.
Card 10
Question: Which planet is our home and third from the Sun?
Answer: Earth.