Solar+System+Scavenger+Hunt

Check out this link for some great graphics and [|Solar System Pictures]!!

Brenda Barker Sub-topic: ** General Questions about our Solar System ** **Directions:** After reading through the questions, click on the __purple links__ . Hunt through each site and try to find the best answer to fill-in-the-blanks while learning about our awesome Solar System. Have fun and good luck!!

#1) Did you know that all nine planets can easily fit inside the Sun?! Watch this National Geographic flick, then take the QUIZ and fill in the following three blanks: ** - (BLANK) causes a dust cloud to form the planets over a long period of time. - Planet Earth is about (BLANK) miles away from the Sun. - The planet that is the most "gassy" is (BLANK). **

** Saturn has thousands of rings in orbit around the planet which are made out of three main elements. These elements are: (BLANK), (BLANK), and (BLANK). **
 * 1) 2) Play around with this game to learn more about the planets! Check out the “Saturn” rocket and fill in the following blanks:

#3) Want to share some Solar System laughs with your "spacey" friends?! Finish off your hunt with a few of these Space Jokes and answer these favorites so you won't forget them: - "What do you call a crazy moon?" A: (BLANK) - "How does the Solar System hold up its pants?" A: (BLANK)**
 * - "When do astonauts have lunch?" A: (BLANK)

Directions: Read each question and then click on the links within the question. Follow the directions given with each question.
Go to [|This Website] and click on the solar system. Read the information on the web page and fill in the blanks.

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4. There are (BLANK) planets orbiting around the sun. The planets travel (BLANK). There are two parts of the solar system, the (BLANK) solar system and the (BLANK) solar system. The inner planets are separated from the out planets by the (BLANK). ======

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Click on [|This Link] and use the interactive solar system to learn more about the planets. Then answer the true or false questions about the order of the planets. ======

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. T F
=Christopher Cardoza=

9. What is a [|solar eclipse] ?
=Erica Capranos=

SUB TOPIC: Composition of the Planets
Directions: Read the question(s) carefully. Then click the link and search through the website. On this [|website] provided you will find self tests, coloring pages and games!

10. What is the Earth's atmosphere made out of?

A. Hydrogen and Helium B. Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen and Argon C. Hydrogen, Helium and Methane D. Water, Hydrogen and Ammonia

11. The inside of Jupiter is actually the size of Earth (almost 13,000 miles) ! True or False

12. Describe what happened to the water on Mars.

=Sub Topic: Pluto as a Planet=
 * Rachel Philpot**

Directions: Read each question and click on the link. On the website connected, you should find the answers to the questions. Good luck!

13. How long does it take Pluto to make one [|orbit] around the sun?

14. True or False: Pluto is about half the width of the [|United States].

15. What [|Greek] God is Pluto named after?