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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distances in space 1 AU=Distance from earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chuck of rock smaller then asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on Earth |
| Asteroid | Millions of small rocky objects that orbit the Sun in asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made of gas, dust, and ice, revolve around the sun in |
| Inner planets | -Terrestrial planets -Solid and rocky -Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| Outer planet | -Gas Giants -Made of ice and gas -Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune -Hydrogen and Helium |
| Mercury | -closest planet to the sun - NOT THE HOTTEST -so small it lack gravity and atmosphere |
| Venus | - Hottest planet - greenhouse effect - Day is longer then a year - Acid clouds - No moons |
| Earth | - only planet with known life - moderate temperatures - protective atmosphere - liquid water |
| Mars | - largest known mountain- Olympus Mons - Possible sighs of life |
| Terrestrial Planets | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planet atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the temperature 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 rotates like a bowling ball |
| Neptune | - Longest period of Revolution -Swirling storms windiest planet |
| Gas Giants | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, |
| Galilean moons | 4 moons Galileo discovered around Jupiter. - lo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto |
| Dwarf planet | -Pluto was the first - same as a planet but not larger then its neighbors - Ceres in the asteroid belt |