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Topic 6 vocab
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | used to measure distance in space 1AU=distance from earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller than asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroids | Many tiny rocky pieces that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Gas, dust, 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, Neptune | rings and moons | hydrogen and helium |
| Earth | Protective atmosphere, liquid water, mod temp |
| Greenhouse effect | Planets atmosphere traps solar energy - causes temps to rise |
| Terrestrial planets | Four inner planets |
| Mars | Possible signs of life, largest mount Olympus mons |