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| A piece of rock similar to the meterial that formed into planets. |
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| A mass that travels through space and is compsed of rock particles and dust mixed with frozen water, methane, and ammonia; tends to break up after passing close to the sun many times. |
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| Third planet from the sun; it's atmosphere protects life and it's surface temerature allows water to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas. |
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| A giant, high-pressure continuous storm on Jupiter. |
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| Largerst planet and fifth planet from the sun; has faint rings, seventeen moons, an atmosphere formed mostly by hydrogen and helium, and it's surface has continuous storms. |
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| Fourth planet from the sun; appeears reddish becauseiron oxidein weathered rocks; has polar ice caps, a thin atmosphere, and 2 moons. |
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| Planet closest to the sun; has a thin atmosphere with temerature extremes, an iron core, and many craters and high cliffs. |
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| a meteoroid taht does not completely burn up in the atmosphere and strikes the surface of a moon or planet. |
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| large, gaseous planet with rings, dark-colored storms, and eight moons; has a distinctive blue-green color. |
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| Smallest planet and usually considered to be the ninth planet from the Sun; has a thin atmosphere and a solid, icy-rock surface. |
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| second-largest planetand sixth from teh sun; has a thick atmosphere, a complex ring system, and at least 8 moons. |
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| System made up of the nine unique planets, including Earth, and many smaller objects that orbit the sun. |
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| Seventh planet from the sun; is large and gaseous with thin, dark rings and rotates tilted in it's side. |
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| Second planet from the sun; has a dense atmosphere with high temeratures and valcanoes; sometimes called Earth's twin. |
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