Review: The Solar System

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  1. 2. water on the rocky planets likely came from
  2. 6. the dwarf planet discovered in the early 1900s that used to be a classical planet
  3. 7. Mercury is only visible in our sky when the Sun is _____ the horizon
  4. 8. the safer (for humans) galilean moon
  5. 11. Venus has more ____________ than any other planet in the solar system
  6. 13. the only moon in the solar system with a significant atmosphere
  7. 18. Venus is so hot due to the runaway _____________ effect
  8. 19. one criteria to have a magnetic field (2 words)
  9. 21. this moon of Saturn has liquid methane lakes
  10. 23. the moons of this planet are named after Shakespearean characters
  11. 25. the largest object in the asteroid belt that isn’t a dwarf planet
  12. 28. this planet has the fastest winds in the solar system because it “isn’t done forming”
  13. 29. the big galilean moon
  14. 31. venus is _______ as big as Earth
  15. 32. the most recent rover sent to Mars
  16. 34. the “fuzzy” part of a comet is called the _______
  17. 36. one criteria to be a classical planet is to orbit _________ directly
  18. 38. the orbiter currently hanging out by Jupiter
  19. 39. a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt that is egg shaped and named for a hawaiian goddess
  20. 40. one of the moon’s of Mars (fear)
  21. 41. how many moons Venus has
  22. 43. the tallest mountain on Mars (and in the solar system)
  23. 44. the reddish/brown color on Mars comes from the abundance of ____________
  24. 45. Venus’ high albedo is caused by its ________
  25. 46. the dwarf planet originally named Xena but changed by the IAU
  26. 47. one criteria to be a classical planet is to be roughly a ________ under its own gravity
  27. 48. comets usually have 2 tails: an ion tail and a _____ tail
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  1. 1. Saturn’s north pole has a massive storm in the shape of a ___________ (the bestagon)
  2. 3. the ________ scale is used to measure the danger level of potential impacts on Earth
  3. 4. one criteria to have a magnetic field
  4. 5. the icy galilean moon
  5. 8. the discoverer of saturn’s rings and the name of the orbit that crashed into the planet
  6. 9. saturn’s rings are only ______ meters thick
  7. 10. Mercury has a larger than average _____
  8. 12. long term comets (with orbits longer than 200 years) spend most of their time in the
  9. 14. comets usually have 2 tails: a dust tail and an _____ tail
  10. 15. one of the moons of Mars (panic)
  11. 16. the volcano-y galilean moon
  12. 17. the molecule that gives uranus and neptune their light blue/green color
  13. 20. the interior pressure of Jupiter causes ________ to act like a metal instead of a gas
  14. 22. a common molecule in Venusian rain
  15. 24. Venus’ atmosphere is ____________ time denser than Earth’s
  16. 26. the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt
  17. 27. the dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt with a name that is a word repeated twice
  18. 29. the dwarf planet named for a chinese water deity (that you all seemed to really like)
  19. 30. the planet that is tilted over 90 degrees
  20. 33. asteroids that orbit a little ahead or behind a planet are called _______ asteroids
  21. 35. the soviet mission that landed on Venus
  22. 37. the massive impact crater on Mercury is called _________ Basin
  23. 42. the moon of Saturn most like Europa