Solar System Challenge

Answers to these questions about the Solar System may be found by clicking on the Click to Learn links after each question. You should write your answers in Lesson #2 of the Scratchpad Graphic Organizer.  Make sure to number your answers!

1. Complete the Solar System Jigsaw (Planet Level). List the planets in order starting with the closest to the Sun. Click to Learn.
2. Only one spacecraft has visited Mercury. What was its name? Click to Learn
3. Why can the surface of Venus not be seen? What is the temperature on the surface? Click to Learn
4. Find the Earth and click on it. How far is it from the Sun? What are the hottest and the coldest recorded temperatures? Click to Learn
5. How heavy is Jupiter? What is the "Great red spot"? Click to Learn
6. Travel the Solar System with Arty the Part-Time Astronaut. Go to Saturn and click on "info" when you get there. What are Saturn's rings made of? Saturn is not heavy at all, it is very light. How light? Click to Learn
7. Go to the Virtual Solar System and click on Uranus? What is its most remarkable feature? How long does it take to orbit the Sun? Click to Learn
8. Click on Neptune. What happens to this planet every 238 years? Click to Learn
9. Your weight would not be the same on other planets. How much would you weigh on Pluto? Click to Learn

Have a great weekend! 

Mrs. C.