QUESTIONS

1. How did your planet get its name?

2. What is its symbol? (Please draw the symbol and show it during your presentation.)

3. How far is your planet from the sun?

4. What number planet from the Sun is it?

5. How big is your planet and what is its mass?

6. What is your planet made of?

7. What color is it? What does it look like? (Please print out a picture of your planet to display during your presentation.)

8. What is its atmosphere like?

9. What is the surface of it like?

10. What type or class of planet is it? Why? (Hint: planets are grouped by both location and composition.)

11. How far is your planet from the Earth? (The Earth group does not have to answer this).

12. What is your planet’s orbit like?

13. What is the length of day and night on your planet? What determines this?

14. What is the length of its year? What determines this?

15. What is the temperature and weather like on your planet? Why is it like this?

16. Is there water on your planet? If so, where?

17. Is there life on your planet?

18. What is gravity like on your planet?

19. How much would a person who weighs 100 lbs on the Earth weight on your planet? (The Earth group does not have to answer this). (Hint, check the NASA Kids site for this information.)

20. Does your planet have any moons? If so, how many, and what are their names?

21. How old would you (the student answering this question) be on each of the planets? (Hint, check the NASA Kids site for this information.)

22. Has a spacecraft ever been sent to your planet, or flown close to your planet to observe it? If so, when, and what did it observe?

23. Question only for PLUTO group: Is Pluto a planet?

24. What are some gee whiz facts about your planet?

25. What other objects are found in our solar system besides the planets, the Sun, and moons? (You do not have to provide this information in your presentation. Just share the answer with your group members.)