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Solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mercury | |
| Venus | Hottest Greenhouse effect Acid clouds |
| Earth | Liquid water |
| Mars | |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere traps solar energy and cause the temperature to increase |
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distance in space 1 Au=distance from earth to sun |
| Meteoroid | Chunk of rock smaller than asteroid |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Asteroid | Millions of small rocky objects the type orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter |
| Comets | Made gas dust and ice reveille around the sun in the Kuiper Belt and Oort clouds |
| Inner planets | Terrestrial plants Solid rocky |
| Outer plants | Gas giants Made of ice and gas |