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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astromomical unit | Used to measure far distances in space 1 au= distance for. Earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller then asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroids | Millions of small rocky pbjects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made of gas dust and ice revolve |
| Inner planets | Terrestrial planets Solid and rocky mercury Venus earth mars Mercury Venus earth mars |
| Outer planets | Gas giants. Made up of ice and gas. Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune rings and moons. Hydrogen ans helium |
| Planet | Spherical orbits the Sun clear it’s orbit |
| Mecury | Closet planet to the sun not the hottest planet so small and lacks gravity and atmosphere no moon |
| Venus | Hottest planet greenhouse effect day is longer then it’s year rotation time is longer then it’s revolution acid clouds no moon |
| Earth | Only planet with known life moderate temperatures protective atmosphere liquid water |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus mons possible signs of life |
| Terrestrial planets | Four inner planets |
| Greenhouse | occurs when the planets atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the temperature to increase |
| Jupiter | Largest planet Galilean Great Red Spot |
| Saturn | Most complex ring system least planet it would float titans is its largest moon |
| Uranus | Rotation axis is tilted 90 degrees so roatatws like a bowling ball |
| Neptune | Longest period of revolution swrilimg wildest planted |
| Gas giants | Nickname of the outer planets |
| Galilean moon | 4 moons 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 |