1. Solar System in 8 Short Acts
Pd. 5

2. 1) Why do the gas particles that Mercury once had in its atmosphere move so fast?
2) Why is mercury so hot?
3) (Refer to the previous question) What cause did this have on
Mercury’s atmosphere?
Mercury

3. Venus What is the greenhouse effect?
Why is it impossible to stand on Venus?
What is odd about Venus’ rotation?
Venus

4. Earth

5. Mars What did Percival Lowell convince people of?
Why does Mar’s has seasons like earth?
Why do astronomers believe that Mars once contained water?
Mars

6. Jupiter Why do they think there is water underneath the ice of Europa
Why couldn’t Galileo see all 17 moons
Describe and name Jupiter’s 4 largest moons
Jupiter

7. Saturn What are Saturn’s rings made up of? What do they do?
What is a voyager?
About how many rings does Saturn have?
Saturn

8. Uranus
Why is Uranus blue? How large is Uranus? How do we get pictures of Uranus?

9. Neptune How was Neptune discovered?
What is the dark spot on Neptune said to be?
Is the dark spot on Neptune still around today?
Neptune

10. Pluto Who discovered Pluto? Who was Pluto named after?
Why is Pluto not considered a planet?
Pluto