SOLAR SYSTEM

Our Solar System:

Go to this website http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/tutor/solarsystem/1/. Read & answer the online questions to move through all of the information. 

Answer the following questions on looseleaf (in full sentences) to hand in next class:

1. What solar body is at the centre of the solar system?

2. "My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets"

    To show how this mnemonic can help us remember the order of the planets, write out the mnemonic on one line, with the names of the planets in order on the line below.

3. By what is the sun powered?

4. List the 3 things that Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common.

5. What are asteroids?

6. Asteroids orbit mostly between which two planets?

7. List the 3 things that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have in common.

8. Describe Pluto in one sentence.

9. Of what matter are comets made?

10. Are meteoroids smaller or larger than asteroids?

11. What is a meteor?

12. How is a meteorite different from a meteor?

13. What is the Milky Way?

14. From what matter did your solar system form?