Crash Course Solar System

​The hottest part of the sun is its _________ - reaching up to 15 million degrees!

​The sun fuses _________ into ________

​The sun appears to be approximately ______ billion years old.

​Dense, ________ core

​Permanent _________ water

Only planet with _________

​Largest _______ to _______ ratio

_____ color due to _______ rocks and dust

​Used to be wet with ________, ________ atmosphere, and ________ climate

​No _________ field

No protection from _______ wind eroded atmosphere away

Past ________ belt

​Gas giant

​Largest planet

​Dynamic ________

​Great red spot

• Giant __________

• 3x size of ________

_____ Giant

​Broad set of rings

• ​_______m thick

• ​Made of ________ particles

​Less dense than _______ (would float!)

Small ______ core

​Thick mantle of _______, water, _______

​______ rings

​_______ tilt to rotational axis

• ​possibly due to _____________________

_____ giant

​most ______ of outer planets

​1st found not by observation but by __________

​Outside its orbit lies the _______ belt, including Pluto