Planetary Trivia
Name: ________________________
Period: _________________
List the 9 – yeah that’s right I said 9 – planets in order from the sun.
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_______________ 10. Resembles Earth’s Moon
_______________ 11. Largest planet
_______________ 12. Coldest planet
_______________ 13. Most moons
_______________ 14. Intense greenhouse effect
_______________ 15. Most geologically erosive surface
_______________ 16. Good place for Sun research station
_______________ 17. Shortest year
_______________ 18. Often called a “frozen snowball”
_______________ 19. Two asteroids for moons
_______________ 20. Hottest planet
_______________ 21. Planet that emits more energy than it receives
_______________ 22. U.S. has functioning instruments here
_______________ 23. U.S.S.R. has landed instruments here
_______________ 24. Grandest canyon
_______________ 25. Spins on its side
_______________ 26. Last planet viewed by Voyager 2
_______________ 27. At least one volcanically active moon
_______________ 28. Longest year
_______________ 29. Terrestrial planet almost totally covered by clouds
_______________ 30. Planet to be visited by Galileo mission
_______________ 31. Really big volcanoes
_______________ 32. Planet with tectonically active crust
_______________ 33. Terrestrial planet with one moon
_______________ 34. Earth’s “sister” planet
_______________ 35. Widest range of temperatures
_______________ 36. Planet that is 1 Astronomical Unit away from Earth
_______________ 37. Planet with strongest gravity
_______________ 38. Planet’s discovery happened in Flagstaff, AZ
_______________ 39. Planet with polar caps visible to Earth
_______________ 40. Neptune’s “twin”
_______________ 41. Terrestrial planet with densest atmosphere
_______________ 42. Giant storm
_______________ 43. Oddest orbit around the Sun
_______________ 44. The “red” planet
_______________ 45. Spectacular ring system
_______________ 46. Terrestrial planet with a trace of atmosphere
_______________ 47. global dust storms
_______________ 48. Oxygen-rich atmosphere
_______________ 49.Currently the furthest planet from the Sun
_______________ 50. Planet which shows evidence of liquid water in the past
_______________ 51. Lava flow around impact craters (thin crust)
_______________ 52. Seasons similar to Earth’s
_______________ 53. One moon formed by huge impact on planet
_______________ 54. Planet with 4 very different large moons
_______________ 55. Currently being mapped by a radar orbiter
_______________ 56. Can be seen only as a morning or evening star
_______________ 57. Planet with the largest shield volcano
_______________ 58. Strongest winds in the solar system
_______________ 59. One of its moons is the coldest place in the solar system
_______________ 60. Shortest day
_______________ 61. Its rings can’t be seen from Earth
_______________ 62. Rotates slower than it revolves
_______________ 63. Planet with magnetic poles reversed relative to Earth
_______________ 64. Longest day
_______________ 65. Discovered because of unexplained orbital interference
_______________ 66. Smallest planet
_______________ 67. Its moon is only half the size of the planet it revolves
_______________ 68. Density so low it would float
_______________ 69. Rotates clockwise
_______________ 70. Is neither Jovian nor terrestrial