Planets Scavenger Hunt

Answer the questions about the sun and the 9 planets of our Solar System, by clicking on the links provided.


Which planet is the largest planet, is red in color, and has a large yellow spot? (This spot is a large hurricane or storm.)
Welcome to the Planets

What are the 2 main atmospheric components on Mercury?
Mercury Planet Profile

What are the 2 main components in Venus's atmosphere?
Star Child

What do you call when the moon passes between the earth and sun.
Orrery

What causes Mars' red surface color?
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

What are the names of Jupiter's four largest moons (Galilean Moons)?
The Nine Planets

Saturn has 24 satellites (moons), but how many of them have names?
Solarviews.com

How many moons does Uranus have?
National Space Science Data Center

Neptune has a diameter this many times bigger than Earth.
Astronomy 161

What date in history was Pluto discovered?
Pluto File


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