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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distance in space 1 AU=distance from earth to sun |
| Meteroroid | Chuck if rock smaller then 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 revole 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 |
| Mercury | Closest planet to 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 Lquid 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 |
| 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 titled 90 degrees so rotates like a bowling ball. |
| Neptune | Longest period of revolution Swirling storms wind eat planet |
| Gas giants | Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune nickname for the four outer planets |
| Galilean moons | 4 moons Galileo discovered around Jupiter Io, Europa Ganymede Callisto. |
| Dwarf planets | Pluto was the fist Same as planet but not larger than its neighbors Ceres in the asteroid belt |