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Chapter 21
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| asteroids | Millions of small,rock objects |
| comet | A object made of gas,dust and ice that move around the sun |
| Astronomical unit | The average distance from earth to the sun |
| period of revolution | The time it takes to an object to travel one around the sun |
| period of rotation | The time it takes an object to complete one rotation |
| Terrestrial planets | The planets closest to the the sun |
| Greenhouse effect | When a planet's atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the plant's temperature to increase |
| Galilean moon | The largest moons of Jupiter |
| meteoroid | A small rocky particle that moves through |
| Meteor | A meteoroid that entered Earth's atmosphere |
| Meteorite | A meteor that hit a plant or moon |
| Impact crater | The impact of a meteor |