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Solar system
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distances in im space 1 AU=distance from esrth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunks of rock smaller then asteroids |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroids | Millions of small rocky objects that orbit the sun im the astrod belt between mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made of gas dust amd ice revoke around the sun in the Jupiter belt and Oort clod |
| Inner planets | Terrestrial planets Solid and rocky Mercury venous earth mars |
| Outer planets | Gas giants Made of ice and gas Jupiter Saturn Uranus nepturen Rings and moon Hydrogen and helium |
| Mercury | Closet planet to the sun NOT THE HOTTEST-so small it lacks gravity and atmosphere. |
| Venus | Hottest planet Green house effect Day is longer than a year-rotation time is longer than it’s rotation Acid cloud |
| Earth | Only planet with known life Moderate temperature Protective atmosphere Liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus Mons Possible signs life |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Green house effect | It acours when a planets atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the temperature to increase |
| Jupiter | Largest planet Galilean moons Great Red Spot |
| Saturn | Most complex ring system Least dense planet it would float Home of Titian a moon |
| Uranus | Rotation axis is tilted 90 degrees so rotates like a bowling ball |
| Neptune | Longest period of revolution Swirling storms windiest planet |
| Gas planet | Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune nickname for the 4 outer planets |
| Galilean moons | 4 moons Galileo discovers around Jupiter Lo Europa Ganymede Callisto |
| Dwarf planet | Pluto was the first Same as planet but not longer then it’s neighbors Ceres in the asteroid belt |