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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distance in space 1 au= distance from the sun |
| Meter | Chunks of rock smaller than astroids |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroid | Millions of small rock objects that orbit the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made of gas dust ice revolve around |
| Inner planets | Terrestrial planets Solid and rocky Mercury Venus earth mars |
| Outer planets | Gas giant Made of ice and gas Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Rings and moons Hydrogen and helium |
| Mercury | Closest planet from the sun Not the hottest-so small it lacks gravity and atmosphere |
| Venus | Hottest planet Greenhouse effect Day is longer than a year-rotation time is longer than it’s revolution Acid clouds. |
| Earth | Only planet with known life Moderate temperature Protective atmosphere Liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain-Olympus mons Possible signs of life |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when our planet’s atmosphere traps Solar energy and causes the temperature to increase |