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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distances in space I AU= distance from Earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller then asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroids | Millions of small rockers 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 Kailee 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 all have rights and moons hydrogen and helium |
| Mercury | Closest planet to the sun not the hottest so small it lacks gravity and atmosphere |
| Venus | Hottest planet greenhouse effect day is longer then its year acid clouds |
| Earth | Only planet with life moderate temperature protective atmosphere liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain possible signs of life |
| Terrestrial planets | Inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the temperature to rise |
| Jupiter | Largest planet Great Red Spot Galilean moons |
| Saturn | Most complex ring system it would float home of titan |
| Uranus | Rotation axis tilted 90 degrees |
| Neptune | Longest period of revolution swirling storms windiest planet |
| Gas giants | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, nickname for the outer planets |
| Galilean moons | The four moons that Galileo discovered around Jupiter Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto |
| Dwarf planet | Pluto was the first, same as planet but no larger then its neighbors, ceres in the asteroid belt |