Planets in Our Solar System

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The Jovian Planets are also known as the "_______________ _____________________."

"Gas Giants"

The distance from Earth to the Sun is _____________ million miles.

93 million miles

The _________________________ ________________ separates the Inner Planets from the Outer Planets

Asteroid Belt

Jupiter is known for its ____________ __________ __________, an area with high pressure and turbulent storms.

Great Red Spot

The eight planets can be divided into two groups: ________________ Planets and ______________ Planets

Inner ... Outer

The Terrestrial Planets are also known as the __________________ ____________________.

Inner Planets

The Outer Planets are called the ___________________ Planets because they are huge.

Jovian

The Outer Planets include ______________, _____________, __________________, and ____________________.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

The Terrestrial, or Inner, Planets include ______________, ______________, ______________, and ______________.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

The _________________________ Planets are mostly made up of rocks or metals.

Terrestrial

planet

a large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light on its own

The planet _______________________ to the Sun is Mercury.

closest

Neptune can be recognized by its _________ ___________ color.

dark blue

The _________________ planet is Mercury.

fastest

The planet with the ______________ _________________ in the solar system is Neptune.

fastest winds

The _____________ planet from the Sun is Jupiter.

fifth

Mercury is the ___________ planet from the Sun.

first

Venus is the ___________________ planet and the planet ________________________ to Earth.

hottest ... closest

The "Gas Giant" planets are mostly composed of gases such as ___________________ and ________________.

hydrogen and helium

Jupiter is the ____________________ planet.

largest

Earth is the only planet in our solar system on which __________________ is known to exist.

life

Uranus can be recognized by its _________ ___________ color.

light blue

The planet with the _____________ _____________ is Jupiter, with at least ___________ moons.

most moons ... 63

The planet ___________________ to Earth is Venus.

nearest

Mars is called the _____________ planet.

red

Saturn is known for its _________________ that encircle, or go around, the planet.

rings

The Moon is a _______________________ that orbits Earth.

satellite

The _____________________ planet from the Sun is Uranus.

seventh

The ________________ planet in our solar system is Mercury.

smallest

Earth is the only planet in our solar system that _____________________ ________________.

supports life

solar system

the Sun and the planets and other objects that orbit the Sun

Neptune

the eighth planet from the Sun

Mars

the fourth planet from the Sun

Venus

the second planet from the Sun

Saturn

the sixth planet from the Sun

Earth is the _____________ planet from the sun.

third


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