PLANETS 1

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Mars (It has an iron rich soil that oxidizes or rusts. When the dust gets kicked up into the atmosphere, it causes the planet to have a reddish hue.)

I am also called the "Red Planet".

Mercury

I am closest planet to the Sun.

Venus

I am the brightest planet as viewed from Earth.

Earth

I am the densest planet in the solar system.

Neptune

I am the farthest planet from the Sun.

Neptune

I am the first planet located by matematical predictions instead of observations in the sky.

Jupiter (Jupiter contains 2/3 of the planetary mass in the solar system.)

I am the largest planet in size and mass.

Saturn

I am the least dense planet in the solar system.

Earth

I am the only planet known to have life.

Mercury

I am the smallest planet in size and mass.

Venus (Its atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. It also has layers of clouds containing sulfuric acid. These clouds trap the Sun's heat, resulting in surface temperatures greater than 880 degress fahrenheit.)

I have a severe case of the Greenhouse Effect.

Mars (Olympus Mons)

I have the highest mountain and volcano in the entire solar system.

Venus

I have the longest day.

Neptune

I have the longest revolution around the Sun.

Mercury (Because of its thin atmosphere, Mercury cannot retain heat. Temperatures range from 800 degrees Fahrenheit to -290 degrees Fahrenheit.)

I have the most extreme temperature variations in the solar system.

Saturn (Although Jupiter has more total planets, Saturn has more named planets 53 vs 50.)

I have the most known or named moons of all the planets.

Jupiter (67 moons, 50 known and 17 pending)

I have the most number of total moons.

Jupiter

I have the shortest day.

Mercury

I have the shortest revolution around the Sun.

Jupiter (These are high velocity winds confined to bands of latitude. The zones are light colored and the belts are dark colored.)

I have zones and belts

Neptune

I was discovered by perturbation of another planet's orbit.

Uranus

My axis is almost parallel to the ecliptic.

Mars

My day is closest to the Earth's.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Name the Jovian planets.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles.)

Name the planets in order beginning closest to the Sun.

Mercury, Venus, Earth , and Mars (solid, cratered)

Name the terrestrial planets.

Mercury (It is one of the largest features on Mercury. It is the result of an asteroid impact on the surface.)

The Caloris Basin is located on which planet?

Jupiter

The Great Red Spot can be found on...

Revolution

The scientific term for a planet's trip around the Sun.

Mercury and Venus

These planets have no moons.

Venus and Uranus (They rotate east to west which is the opposite of Earth.)

These planets rotate in retrograde motion.

Methane (The Methane absorbs the red light, leaving the blue color).

What causes the blue color of Uranus and Neptune?

Saturn

Which planet's moon has an atmosphere?

Neptune

Which planet, besides Jupiter, has storms that are revealed by dark spots?


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