The Solar System Scavenger Hunt!
1. What is the Solar System?
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
2. The sun is not a planet. What is it?
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
3. What is the temperature of the surface of the sun?
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
4. How many planets are in our solar system? How many of them are
dwarf planets?
http://kids.nineplanets.org/
5. What are the names of the inner planets?
http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm
6. What are the names of the outer planets?
http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm
7. What separates the inner and outer plants?
http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm
8. Mercury is the _______________________ planet in our solar system.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/mer
cury.html
9. How many days are there in one year on Venus?
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/psgk3ve.htm
10. What percent of the Earth is covered by water?
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/earth.htm
11. Because of its color, Mars is sometimes called what?
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/mars.html
12. What is the “The Great Red Spot” on Jupiter?
http://kids.nineplanets.org/jupiter.htm
13. What are Saturn’s rings made of?
http://www.weeklyreaderexpress.com/ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wrg42003170
14. How many moons does Neptune have?
http://www.allaboutspace.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/neptune/
15. What year was Pluto discovered?
http://www.weeklyreaderexpress.com/ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wrg42009650