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What is the order of the planets?
What is the order of the planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What four planets are considered to be the inner planets?
What four planets are considered to be the inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Which four planets are the outer planets?
Which four planets are the outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
True or False: The Sun orbits Earth.
True or False: The Sun orbits Earth.
Are the inner planets or outer planets larger?
Are the inner planets or outer planets larger?
Are the inner or outer planets smaller?
Are the inner or outer planets smaller?
Which are made of rock, inner or outer planets?
Which are made of rock, inner or outer planets?
Which are made of gas and are nicknamed 'gas giants'?
Which are made of gas and are nicknamed 'gas giants'?
What is another name for the inner planets?
What is another name for the inner planets?
What is another name for the outer planets?
What is another name for the outer planets?
What gases make up the atmosphere of the inner planets?
What gases make up the atmosphere of the inner planets?
Which gases make up the atmosphere of the outer planets?
Which gases make up the atmosphere of the outer planets?
Do inner or outer planets have a thicker atmosphere?
Do inner or outer planets have a thicker atmosphere?
Are the inner or outer planets warmer?
Are the inner or outer planets warmer?
Do inner or outer planets have rings of dust and ice?
Do inner or outer planets have rings of dust and ice?
What are some similarities between inner and outer planets?
What are some similarities between inner and outer planets?
Which phase of the moon is this? (1st Quarter Moon)
Which phase of the moon is this? (1st Quarter Moon)
Which phase of the moon is this? (Full)
Which phase of the moon is this? (Full)
Which phase of the moon is this? (New Moon)
Which phase of the moon is this? (New Moon)
Which phase of the moon is this? (Waxing Gibbous)
Which phase of the moon is this? (Waxing Gibbous)
Which moon phase is this? (Last Quarter)
Which moon phase is this? (Last Quarter)
What moon phase is this? (Waning Gibbous)
What moon phase is this? (Waning Gibbous)
What moon phase is this? (Waning Crescent)
What moon phase is this? (Waning Crescent)
What moon phase is this? (Waxing Crescent)
What moon phase is this? (Waxing Crescent)
What does 'rotation' mean?
What does 'rotation' mean?
How long is Earth's rotation period?
How long is Earth's rotation period?
What does 'revolve' mean?
What does 'revolve' mean?
How long is Earth's revolution period?
How long is Earth's revolution period?
What does Earth's rotation cause?
What does Earth's rotation cause?
What causes the seasons?
What causes the seasons?
When the Earth turns completely around once on its axis, that is called a __________.
When the Earth turns completely around once on its axis, that is called a __________.
It takes approximately ____ for the Earth to make one complete orbit around the Sun.
It takes approximately ____ for the Earth to make one complete orbit around the Sun.
The side of the Earth that is facing away from the Sun is having ______.
The side of the Earth that is facing away from the Sun is having ______.
The imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth is called the _________.
The imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth is called the _________.
Earth is the _____ planet from the Sun.
Earth is the _____ planet from the Sun.
Which of the following planets is a gas planet and not a rocky planet like Earth?
Which of the following planets is a gas planet and not a rocky planet like Earth?
Which two planets are closest to Earth?
Which two planets are closest to Earth?
What is a similarity that both the Earth and the Moon share?
What is a similarity that both the Earth and the Moon share?
Study Notes
Planetary Order and Classification
- The planets are arranged in order from closest to furthest from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
- Inner planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars; they are rocky and also referred to as terrestrial planets.
- Outer planets consist of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; they are larger and known as gas giants due to their gaseous composition.
Separation and Atmosphere
- An asteroid belt separates the inner planets from the outer planets.
- Inner planets have atmospheres primarily made of nitrogen and oxygen.
- Outer planets have thicker atmospheres rich in hydrogen, ammonia, helium, and methane.
Temperature and Physical Attributes
- Inner planets are generally warmer due to closer proximity to the Sun.
- Outer planets have rings made of dust and ice, while inner planets do not.
Moons and Phases
- The Moon goes through various phases including New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
- Each phase represents different positions of the Moon relative to Earth and the Sun.
Earth's Motion
- Earth's rotation refers to its spinning on its axis, completing one full turn every 24 hours, which creates day and night.
- Earth's revolution is the orbit around the Sun, taking approximately 365 days to complete, which defines a year.
Seasons and Axial Tilt
- Seasons are caused by Earth's axial tilt and the revolution around the Sun, affecting sunlight distribution and weather patterns.
- The equator is the imaginary line through the Earth's center, dividing it into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Proximity and Common Characteristics
- Earth, the third planet from the Sun, is closest to Mars and Venus.
- Both Earth and the Moon share common characteristics and are part of the same gravitational system.
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