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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distances in space 1 AU= distance from earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunks of rock smaller than an asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| meteorite | space rock found on earth |
| Asteroids | Millions of small rocky object that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made of gas dust and ice revolve around the sun in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud |
| Inner planets | -terrestrial planets -solid and rocky -mercury Venus earth mars |
| Outer planets | -gas giants -made of ice and gas -Jupiter Saturn Uranus -rings and moons -hydrogen and helium |
| Mercury | Closest to the sun Not the hottest So small it lacks gravity and no atmosphere |
| Venus | Hottest planet Greenhouse effect Day is longer than a year-rotation Tim is longer that’s is revolution Acid clouds |
| Earth | Only planet with known life Moderate temperatures Protective atmosphere Liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain-Olympus Mons Possible signs of life |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere traps Solar energy and causes the temperature to increase |
| Term | Description |
| Jupiter | Largest planet Galilean moons Great Red Spot |
| Saturn | Most complex ring system Least dense planet-it would float Home of titan-a moon |
| Uranus | Rotation axis is tilted 90 degrees so it rotates like a bowling ball |
| Neptune | Longest period of revolution Swirling t storms windiest planet |
| Gas giants | Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Nickname for the 4 outer planets |
| Galilean moons | 4 moons Galileo discovered around Jupiter 10 Europa Ganymede Callisto |
| Dwarf planets | Pluto was the first Same as planet but not larger than its neighbors Ceres in the asteroid belt |