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5. Planet Potpouri Inner You’ve Been Mooned Things in common Stuff about stuff 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Outer

6. This is the 3 rd rock from the sun.

7. Earth

8. This is the 8 th planet from the sun.

9. Neptune

10. This planet is know as the red planet.

11. Mars

12. Name the planets in order from closest to the sun outward.

13. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

14. This is the planet with the most moons.

15. Jupiter (up to 76!)

16. This inner planet has confirmed inteligent life.

17. Earth (that was a joke, it’s spelled “intelligent”)

18. This planet has the highest surface temperatures.

19. Venus (runaway greenhouse effect)

20. This one has the most moons

21. Mars (with two)

22. Due to its extreme temperature ranges, this one consists entirely of water ice at its north pole and water ice and rock at its south pole.

23. Earth

24. Due to its lack of any atmosphere at all, this one’s surface is Riddled with impact craters.

25. Mercury

26. This one has the most prominent ring system

27. Saturn

28. This one is the 2 nd largest moon in the solar system. And the only one to have an atmosphere. Bonus 50 points – tell me what planet it orbits Huygen Probe launched from the Cassini satelite.

29. (Titan) Orbits Saturn

30. This one contains the great Red Spot.

31. Jupiter

32. This one rotates at about 98  with respect to its plane of revolution.

33. Uranus

34. This one has the fastest winds which can blow over 1,000mph!

35. Netpune

36. Name the two planets that Have no moons.

37. Mercury and Venus

38. This is the largest moon in the Solar System, even larger than the planet Mercury

39. Ganymede

40. This one is an extremely smooth and ice covered moon, likely to contain water and possibly life under its cracked ice.

41. Europa

42. This planet has two moon names after two demigods, Phobos and Deimos (also know as Fear and Terror)

43. Mars

44. This planet has a moon also know as Luna.

45. The Earth

46. Other than distance, size and temp. List three other qualities that outer planets have.

47. Have rings Many Moons Rotate very quickly Orbit very slowly Composed of mostly gas.

48. Other than distance, size and temp. List two other qualities that inner planets have.

49. Rocky surfaces Orbit very quickly Few moons

50. Name the two planets that have a retrograde rotation.

51. Venus and Uranus

52. Name the two planets whose outer atmosphere is composed of mainly methane.

53. Uranus and Neptune

54. This one is hard! Name the two closest Dwarf planets.

55. Ceres and Pluto

56. This theory describes gases and dust particles from an exploded star coming together to begin spinning and forming of a large central mass (future sun).

57. Solar Nebula Theory

58. If they were in their own orbits, why could these moons still not be considered planets.

59. They did not have enough gravity to form a completely round shape.

60. What does an AU measure?

61. 1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun ~ 93,000,000 miles

62. Other than Earth, this is the only planet that we know of that has water-carved formations on its surface.

63. Mars

64. These structures can be found on most inner planets and on many moons, and form from a lava rock cooling, contracting and cracking.

65. Scarps and cliff

66. Make your wager

67. This is the main reason that the outer planets are so big and this is why they all have rings

68. They did not have to compete with the Sun’s gravitational pull while forming or each other, since they are all very far apart.