Scavenger+Hunt

= Third Grade Astronomy ﻿ = =Learning the Planets! = =Topic: Solar System = = = ==__Instructions:__ Hello Earthings! You have a mission on your hands! It is your responsibility to read each of the following questions carefully and then click the link in that question to blast off to another website. You will be navigated to a webpage that contains the answer to your question. Find the answer to your question, and be sure to read over the whole page. Space journeys have hidden obstacles and these questions do too. Click the links because they have important information! Good luck, hope you make it out okay! ==

Questions:
===1. Of the inner planets, which one would be MOST likely able to support life (besides earth)? ===

1) Website: [|http://nineplanets.org/luna.html]
==Question: What spacecraft first visited Earth’s moon, and when? ==

==2) Website: [|http://www.go-astronomy.com/planets/planet-moons.htm] == ==Question: How many moons does the planet Jupiter have? ==

==3) Website: [|http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Moons/MoonsSolSys.html] == ==Question: What is unique about Saturn’s moon Iapetus? ==

1. What are [|asteroids] made of? Is it possible for an asteroid to have other asteroids orbit around it? If so, give an example.
=== 2. What are [|comets]? How many parts does a comet have? Name parts starting with the inner most part, and ending with the outer most part. ===