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The solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 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 Kuiper 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 Rings and moons Hydrogen and Helium |
| Mercury | Closest planet to the sun. |
| Venus | Hottest planet cause green house effect, day longer than year, acid clouds |
| Earth | Only planet with life |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus-mons, possible signs of life |
| Terrestrial planets | The Four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere trap solar energy and cause the temperature to increase |
| Jupiter | Great Red Spot Galilean moons largest planet |
| Saturn | Most complex ring system least dense planet 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 |
| Galilian moons | Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto |
| Dwarf planet | Pluto was the first ceres in the asteroid belt |