“Planets” Eyewitness Video



“Planets” Eyewitness Video Name______________________

1. The planets were named after an ancient ________________ term, planetai, which means the “wanderers.” (FYI—the moon and sun were also called planets because they too wandered in the night sky, unlike a fixed star)

2. The Japanese believed that the moon was born from a _______________by the God Desoniji.

3. A journey in a passenger jet to the outskirts of our solar system would take ___________years.

4. Mercury takes _____________days to orbit the sun but its day lasts ___________as long as its year.

5. Why would life not be possible on Venus?

6. At a fixed point on Earth, a total eclipse of the sun will occur once every ____________years.

7. Mars was named for the Roman god of war because of the red coloring which comes from iron oxide also called _________________.

8. The ____________belt includes leftovers from the _______________of the solar system.

9. Referring to Earth’s movement around the sun, Galileo Galilei’s dying words were “_____ _________ _________.”

10. Sir Isaac Newton discovered the force of ___________which keeps the Earth orbiting around the sun.

11. The density of Saturn is so low it would________________.

12. The blue coloring of Neptune comes from _________________gas.

13. Pluto’s single moon ______________was discovered in 1978.

“Planets” Eyewitness Video Name_______________________

1. The planets were named after an ancient ________________ term, planetai, which means the “wanderers.” (FYI—the moon and sun were also called planets because they too wandered in the night sky, unlike a fixed star)

2. The Japanese believed that the moon was born from a _______________by the God Desoniji.

3. A journey in a passenger jet to the outskirts of our solar system would take ___________years.

4. Mercury takes _____________days to orbit the sun but its day lasts ___________as long as its year.

5. Why would life not be possible on Venus?

6. At a fixed point on Earth, a total eclipse of the sun will occur once every ____________years.

7. Mars was named for the Roman god of war because of the red coloring which comes from iron oxide also called _________________.

8. The ____________belt includes leftovers from the _______________of the solar system.

9. Referring to Earth’s movement around the sun, Galileo Galilei’s dying words were “_____ _________ _________.”

10. Sir Isaac Newton discovered the force of ___________which keeps the Earth orbiting around the sun.

11. The density of Saturn is so low it would________________.

12. The blue coloring of Neptune comes from _________________gas.

13. Pluto’s single moon ______________was discovered in 1978.

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