The Solar System

Select all the INNER PLANETS

• Saturn

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Venus

Select all the OUTER planets:

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Venus

• Saturn

Dust, rock and metal covered in an icy shell

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Elsa

Asteroids are basically:

• Comets without a tail

• Comets without the ice

• Meteors without the metal

• A diamond in the rough, a shining piece of coal

Most asteroids are found in the Asteroid Belt. The Asteroid Belt is located between:

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mercury and Venus

Most meteroids are the size of:

• A planet

• A star

• A pebble

• A car

Meteoroids that hit the Earth's atmosphere are also called:

• Meteors

• Shooting Stars

• Falling Stars

• All of the above

A meteorite:

• Burns up in the Earth's atmosphere

• Bounces off the Earth's atmosphere

• Hits the Earth's surface

• Orbits the Earth or other planet

Choose all traits that describe INNER PLANETS

• Small

• Rocky

• Made of gas

• Few or no moons

Which of the following describes OUTER PLANETS?

• Gas giants

• Made of metals and rock

• Closer together than inner planets

• Large