Solar System Scavenger Hunt

1. What is the Solar System?

2. How old do astronomers think the Solar System is?

3. What is a planet?

4. Name the inner planets.

5. What are the inner planets made of?

6. Name the outer planets.

7. What are the outer planets made of?

8. Other than Earth, what is the only other place in the Solar System that humans have visited?

9. How do scientists think the moon was formed?

10. How are craters formed on the moon?

11. What is an asteroid?

12. The asteroid belt is between what two planets?

13. What is a comet made of?

14. Since comets have no light of their own, how can we see them?

15. Pick one inner planet and one outer planet from the list on this page. Read about the planet and write one interesting fact that you learned.

16. How much would you weigh on another planet? Weigh yourself on the scale, then go to this site to see what your weight would be on three other planets.

17. When you finish, go to Brain Pop and watch the movie about Mars.