The Planets

Front

What is the order of the planets from the Sun?

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

Front

If you are flying from Venus to Saturn, which planets would you pass?

Back

Mars, Earth, Jupiter.

Front

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars classified as?

Back

Inner planets.

Front

What are the characteristics of inner planets?

Back

They are terrestrial and smaller.

Front

Name the four inner planets.

Back

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

Front

What are the outer planets?

Back

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Front

What is a dwarf planet?

Back

A celestial body that orbits the Sun and is not a moon, but does not clear its orbit of other debris.

Front

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Back

Mars.

Front

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

Back

Mercury.

Front

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Back

Jupiter.