Astronomy Basics
The study of objects in outer space is called this.
Astronomy
What is another word for inner planet?
Terrestrial planet.
What is another word for outer planet?
Gas giant.
This is an object made of dust, ice, and frozen gasses that orbits the sun.
Comet
These are cool dark spots on the Sun.
Sunspots
A scientist who studies objects in outer space is called this.
Astronomer
This planet rotates backwards, and its day is longer than its year.
Venus
This is the largest planet in the solar sytem.
Jupiter.
This is a rocky piece of a comet or asteroid that floats through space and can potentially reach a planet.
Meteoroid
These are eruptions of plasma near sunspots.
Solar flares or prominences.
This instrument can look at objects in outer space.
Telescope.
This is the smallest planet.
This planet is the furthest planet from the Sun.
Neptune
This is a rocky piece of a comet or asteroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere and has begun to glow.
Meteor.
How old is the Sun?
5 billions years.
This is the Sun and everything that revolves around it.
The Solar System.
This is a reddish planet with two moons.
Mars
This planet has more known moons than any other planet. It's also the furthest planet you can see without a telescope.
Saturn
This is a rocky piece of a comet or asteroid that has struck the Earth's surface.
Meteorite
I'm sure you noticed the weather is getting colder. This is because of two things. What are they? It's not because Demeter is missing Persephone.
The Earth is revolving around the Sun, and the Northern Hemisphere is tilting away from the Sun.
This early astronomer used a telescope to observe the Sun. DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
Galileo
Name four characteristics of inner planets.
Few moons, no rings, smaller, and solid surface.
Name four characteristics of outer planets.
Larger, made of gas, rings, and many moons.
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
The Asteroid Belt
As the weather gets cooler in the Northern Hemisphere, what is happening in the Southern Hemisphere and why?
It is getting warmer, because it is starting to tilt toward the Sun.