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Solar system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distances in space 1 AU=Distance from earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller than asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth. |
| Asteroids | Millions of small rocky objects that obit the sun in the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made of gas dust and ice revole |
| 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. |
| 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 acis clouds |
| Earth | Only planet with known life moderate temperatures protective atmosphere liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus mons possible |
| Terrestrial | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere traps solar energy and cause 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 tilted 90 degrees so rotation like a ball |
| Neptune | Longest period of r |
| Gas giants | Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune nickname for the 4 planets |
| Galilean moons | 4 moons Galileo discovered around Jupiter |