Planets Flashcards by - -

Q

Mercury

climate
moons
relative distance
rotation/orbit

A

hot and dry

no moons

closest to the Sun

shorter orbit and rotation time than Earth

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Venus

climate
relative size
spin direction

A

hotter than Mercury (greenhouse effect)

bigger than Mercury but smaller than Earth

spins clockwise

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Earth

temp
tilt
interaction with Sun

A

average temp 15C

tilt of 23 degrees

atmosphere protects against Sun’s rays

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Mars

temp
moons

A

minus temperature

2 moons

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Jupiter

moons
moon
rings

A

> 18 moons

largest moon is Ganymede

has a small ring system

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Saturn

moons
rings
orbit

A

18+ moons

> 1000 rings made of ice/dust

takes almost 30 years to orbit the Sun

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Uranus

rings
colour

A

11 known rings

methane gas makes it a blue-green colour

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Neptune

rings
moon
orbit

A

2 thick and 2 thin rings

largest moon is Triton

orbit takes over a century

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