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Astronomy Solar System Review Sheet Key Name ______________________________ Date ________ Period_______ Fill in the blanks below with the planets in order from the sun out. Circle the T if the planet is terrestrial or the J if the planet is Jovian. Use can use the Idiot’s Guide to Astronomy books in cabinets 30/31 or the 5 computers on the counter to help you complete these. Sun, (T/)_Mercury_, (T/)_Venus_, (T/)_Earth_, (T/)_Mars_, (/J)_Jupiter_, (/J)_Saturn_, (/J)_Uranus_, (/J)_Neptune_ Match the planet on the left with the correct moon(s) on the right. You may have more than one letter in each blank. __H___ 1. Saturn ___A__ 2. Mercury __DI___ 3. Mars ___L__ 4. Uranus ___G__ 5. Earth ___E__ 6. Pluto A. This planet has no moons. B. Ganymede C. Europa D. Phobos E. Charon F. Callisto G. Luna H. Titan I. Deimos J. Triton K. Io L. Miranda __A___ 7. Venus __J___ 8. Neptune _BCFK____ 9. Jupiter Match the correct planets/objects on the right with the facts about them on the left. ___E__10. Only planet with liquid water A. Mars ___J__11. Makes up 99.98% of solar system’s mass B. Jupiter ___A__12. Named for the Roman god of war C. Venus __I___13. Least dense planet D. Neptune ___D__14. Has large permanent storm called the Great Dark Spot E. Earth ___F__15. Smallest planet F. Mercury ____B_16. Largest planet G. Uranus ___A__17. Looks red because of iron oxide in crust H. Pluto ___C__18. Brightest object in night sky except moon I. Saturn ___E__19. Only planet with life as far as we know J. Sun ___D__20. Named for the Greek god of the sea ___F__21. Average year is 0.24 Earth years long ___C__22. Hottest planet ___E__23. Does not show impact craters as badly as the others because of erosion ___J__24. 14 million degrees Celsius at its core ___H__25. Mostly rock and ice ___I__26. Famous for its rings __B__27. Fourth brightest object in night sky ___A__28. Has largest mountain in solar system – Olympus Mons ___C__29. Average surface temperature is 440 K ___C__30. Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty ___G__31. Its plane of revolution is not the same as all the others ___I__32. Second largest planet ___G__33. Has 15 moons named after Shakespeare characters ___D__34. Farthest blue or blue-green planet whose color comes from methane ___G__35. The other blue or blue-green planet whose color comes from methane ___B__36. Has a huge permanent storm called the Great Red Spot ___C__37. Planet once thought to be two “stars” ___B__39. Has 62 moons (at least) and the four largest are called Galilean moons ___G__40. Has extremely tilted axis ____E_41. Has few small craters because most things burn up in its dense atmosphere ___C__42. Showing that this planet had phases helped support the heliocentric theory Match the object on the right with the facts on the left. ___B__43. Has dark “seas” called mares A. Saturn’s Rings ___C__44. Spherical cloud that surrounds the solar system B. Luna ___K__45. Largest moon in solar system C. Oort Cloud ___A__46. So thin we can’t see it/them edge-on D. Charon ___J__47. Believed to have been shattered and reassembled E. Asteroid Belt five or more times F. Triton ___D__48. More than half as big as its planet G. Europa ___I__49. Closest moon to Jupiter H. Deimos ___N__50. Closest moon to Mars I. Io ___B__51. One revolution = 27 1/3 days J. Miranda ___N__52. Has a giant crater named Stickney K. Ganymede ___I__53. Most geologically active moon in solar system L. Titan ___H__54. Smallest moon in solar system M. Callisto ___G__55. Smoothest object in solar system N. Phobos ___M__56. Most heavily cratered object in solar system ___A__57. Made of seven major rings and thousands of ringlets __L___58. Moon with the most substantial atmosphere ___F__59. Only jovian moon to orbit backwards ___C__60. Where most comets in our solar system come from ___M__61. Its largest crater is called Valhalla ___G__62. It may have a frozen ocean of salt water below its surface ___G__63. It may have had or still have life ___G__64. Only moon with liquid water __HN___65. Named for the sun of Mars and Venus