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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure long distances in space. |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller then an asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth. |
| Asteroids | Millions of small rocky objects 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 the Oort Cloud. |
| Inner planets | Terrestrial planets Solid and Rocky Mercury Venus Earth Mars |
| Outer planets | Gas giants Mad of ice and gas |
| Mercury | Closest 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 then is revolution Acid clouds |
| Earth | Only planet has known life Modern temp Protective atmosphere Liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus mons |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Green house effect | Occurs 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 Titan largest moon |
| Uranus | Rotation axis is tilled 90 degrees so rotates like a bowling ball. |
| Neptune | Longest period of revolution swirling storms windiest planet |
| Gas giants | Outer planets |
| Galilean moons | 4 moons Galilean discovered around Jupiter IO Europa Ganymede Callisto |
| Dwarf planet | Pluto was the first Same as planet but not larger then it’s neighbors Ceres in the asteroid belt. |