Make Up Bellwork

Makeup bellwork is for those who are absent and need to make up a

day or two of bellwork

1. What are the names of all the planets in our Solar System? (list as many as you can)

2. All the planets orbit around the ______

3. _______ and ______ are the two closest planets to earth.

4. _____ is the only planet we know of with life on it.

5. Is a shooting star really a star?

Answer BankearthSun

JupiterVenus mars

Mercury Neptune

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Bellwork 1. Where is earth in the solar

system?2. _____ is the hottest planet in

the solar system3. _____ has no atmosphere and

is therefore covered with craters

4. Retrograde motion is the apparent ______ motion of planets when viewed from earth

Answer BankMercury

earth3rd planet from sun

Venusbackward

1. The inner terrestrial planets are made of__________ .

2. The gassy Jovian planets are made of _________.

3. Rank the inner planets from smallest to largest

4. Rank the outer planets from smallest to largest

5. Which planets are blue because of the gas methane?

Answer BankSaturnMars

JupiterSilicon and Iron

Hydrogen & Helium

methaneNeptuneUranus

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1) _____ ____ is the phase of the moon that is completely lit up.

2) As the moon goes around the earth, _____ is lit up and half is in ______ and as a result, we see _______of the moon

3) True or False, lunar phases are caused by the earth’s shadow

4) A solar eclipse is when the _____ is between the earth and sun.

Answer Bankmoon

Full mooneclipses

halfEarth

darkness

phasesRetrograde

closer

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1. The ages of comets, asteroids, moon rocks and _______ provide strong evidence for the age of solar system

2. Our solar system formed in a cloud of gas ice and dust called a ________.

3. Our solar system formed ________.

4. The solar system formed by ______, ______and bombardment

Answer Bank

4.6 billion years agoComet asteroidNebula

MeteoritesMeteor

Condensation & Accretion

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