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Solar System Quiz
Solar System Flashcards for Quiz #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mercury | * Even though Mercury is the closest to the Sun it still gets extremely cold because it does not have an atmosphere. * Mercury has drastic temperature changes because it has a very thin atmosphere and rotates slowly. |
| Venus | * Venus, like Uranus, has a retrograde rotation, which means they rotate clockwise. * Venus is the hottest planet because it has thick atmosphere which traps heat and causes the greenhouse effect. |
| Earth | * Earth lies within the "Goldilocks Zone" around the Sun because it is habitable |
| Mars | * Iron oxide gives Mars its reddish/orange color |
| Asteroid Belt | * An asteroid is small, rocky, iron or icy debris flying in space * Ceres is the largest object in the Asteroid Belt. |
| Meteoroid | * A meteoroid is a small asteroid. |
| Meteor | * A meteor is a meteoroid that burns up in our atmosphere. |
| Meteorite | * A meteorite is a meteoroid that hits the ground. |
| Inner Planets | * Inner planets are small, rocky, and more dense than the outer planets. |
| Jupiter | * Gas Giant * Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a gigantic storm size of two to three earth that has been raging for hundreds of years. |
| Jupiter | * Jupiter has the most mass of any planet in the solar system. 1,321 Earths could fit inside of Jupiter. * Europa, Io, Callisto, Ganymede Moons |
| Saturn | * Gas Giant * Saturn is the least dense planet in the solar system. * The density of Saturn is significant because it can float on water |
| Uranus | * Gas Giant * Venus, like Uranus, has a retrograde rotation, which means they rotate clockwise. * Uranus rotates on its side. |
| Neptune | * Gas Giant * Neptune is blue because of methane |
| Outer Planets | * Outer planets are large, gaseous, and less denser than the inner planets. |
| Comets | * A comet is A solid body of ice, rock, dust, and gas. * An ion (gas) tail of a comet points away from the sun. * A dust tail on a comet is caused by dust and gas that’s affected by solar wind and radiation. |
| Moons | * A natural satellite is not man-made and orbits a planet, like the moon. |
| Artificial Satellites | * An artificial satellite is man-made satellite that orbits a planet. |
| Neptune | * Gas Giant * Neptune is blue because of methane |
| Pluto | * Pluto is considered a dwarf planet because it's too small to be a planet. * Pluto’s orbit compared to Neptune’s orbit is that Pluto’s orbit is that Pluto crosses in front of Neptune’s orbit making Pluto closer to the Sun. |
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