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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronaut unite | Used to measure far distance in space 1 AU= from earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller than Astroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroid | Millions of small rocky objects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Mad of gas dust and ice revolve around the sun the kiiper belt and Oort clouds |
| Inner planets | . Terrestrial planets . Solid and rocky .mercury, Venus, earth, mars |
| Outer planets | . Gas giant |
| Mercury | . Closest planet to the sun . Not the hottest so small it lacked of gravity |
| Venus | . Hottest planet .green house affected .a day is longer than a year . Acid clouds |
| Earth | Only planet with life Moderate temperature Protective atmosphere Liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus moms Possible signs of life |
| Terrestrial planets | The for inner planets |
| Green house effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the temperature to increase |