Planets Web Scavenger Hunt

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  1. 3. Look up a diagram of the layers of Jupiter. What element is it mostly made of?
  2. 4. Some scientists believe we’re most likely to find alien life not on other planets - but other moons! Which moon of Jupiter has liquid water under its icy surface, plus its own magnetic field?
  3. 6. Planets travel around the Sun in paths called…
  4. 8. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are known as the…
  5. 11. This giant storm on Jupiter’s surface has been raging for hundreds of years
  6. 13. Which planet has the hottest AVERAGE temperature?
  7. 14. Plutoisn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system! Which dwarf planet is named after a Rapanui god of fertility?
  8. 15. The word “Planet” comes from the Greek word meaning…
  9. 16. Our most beautiful images of Saturn come from the _______ spacecraft, launched in 1997
  10. 19. Which is the smallest of the 8 planets?
  11. 20. Which planet is NOT named after a Greek or Roman God?
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  1. 1. What’s the name of the largest volcano in our solar system?
  2. 2. In 2019, a 6-year-old named Jerry Morrison III went on the Ellen show to share his love of astronomy. Find the video - What’s his favorite planet?
  3. 5. Pluto was declared a dwarf planet _______ years ago after we discovered other dwarf planets of similar size
  4. 7. Which moon has NASA called “one of the most Earth-like worlds we've ever encountered”, complete with a nitrogen atmosphere?
  5. 9. Which spacecraft orbited Mercury and took photos for 5 years before deliberately crashing into its surface?
  6. 10. Which spacecraft flew by Jupiter and Saturn in 1979 and kept going, now making it the farthest man-made object in outer space?
  7. 12. Which planet is the windiest, with wind speeds of over 1,200 miles per hour?
  8. 17. What are the rings of Saturn mostly made of?
  9. 18. Valles Marineris is a mega-canyon four times deeper than the Grand Canyon… but it’s not on Earth. What planet is it on?