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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomy unit | Used to measure far distance in space 1 AU =92,955,807.273 mi distance from earth to the sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller then asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroids | Millions on small rocky objects that orbit the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made of gas, dust and ice revolves around the sun |
| Inner planets | Terrestrial planets solid and rocky mercury,Venus,earth,mars |
| Outer planet | Rings and moons hydrogen and helium Gas giants made of ice and gas Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune |
| Planet | Spherical, orbits the Sun , clears its orbit |
| Mecury | Closest planet to the sun not the hottest so small it lacks gravity and atmosphere no moon |
| Venus | Hottest planet greenhouse effect day longer than year acid clouds no moon |
| Earth | Only planet with known life moderate temps protective atmosphere liquid |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus mons passage sighs of life |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the temp increase |