The Solar System: Terrestrial Planets

False

True or False. All planets orbit around the sun at the same rate.

True

True or False. At one time Mars may have had liquid water flowing on it's surface.

False

True or False. Terrestrial planets all have rings.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

What are the four terrestrial planets?

The Asteroid Belt

What do we call the large group of asteroids orbiting the sun and located between Mars and Jupiter?

Asteroids

What do we call the large objects made of rock that orbit the sun and make up the belt of objects located between Mars and Jupiter?

The Sun.

What do we call the star at the center of our solar system?

Earth-like

What does the term "terrestrial" mean?

70%

What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered with water?

Venus

What terrestrial planet rotates in the opposite direction of most other planets?

Mercury

Which is the closest planet to the sun?

Earth

Which is the only known planet to support life?

Earth

Which is the only planet that is believed to be able to sustain life?

Venus

Which planet is Earth's near twin.

Mars

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Mercury

Which planet is the smallest of the terrestrial planets?

The Earth has one moon and Mars has two moons.

Which two terrestrial planets have moons? How many?