Vocab
A force of attraction existing between any two masses.
What is gravity?
The branch of science that deals with the physical universe beyond Earth's atmosphere.
What is Astronomy?
A natural or artificial body orbiting a planet or star.
What is a Satellite?
Earth-like planets that are closest to the sun.
What are terrestrial planets?
Planets including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune that have more mass and are larger than terrestrial planets.
What are Jovian planets?
This technology orbiting around Earth has more of an advantage for the observation of the heavens than its counterpart that you would use on land.
What is a space telescope?
Earth's natural satellite.
What is the Moon?
The gaseous layer surrounding Earth or another heavenly body.
What is the atmosphere?
The third planet from the sun with 1 natural satellite and over 2,000 man-made satellites.
What is Earth?
Roman king of the gods that the planet Jupiter and the other Jupiter-like planets are named after
Who is Jove?
A meteor which has hit the ground here on Earth.
What is a meteorite?
A meteoroid that has entered the atmosphere and starts to glow as a result of immense friction as it moves past the molecules in the air.
What is a meteor?
A piece of rock or dust that orbits the sun.
What is a meteoroid?
Planet that is known as "the red planet" and is named after the Roman god of war?
What is Mars?
These planets rotate very rapidly, have many satellites, and are often known as gas giants.
What are Jovian planets?
The action of one surface, material, or object rubbing against another.
What is friction?
An organized system of millions or billions of stars, gas, solar systems, and dust that are held together by gravitational attraction.
What is a galaxy?
Objects that travel around the sun in elliptical paths, and have growing tails of dust and gas as they get closer to the sun.
What are comets?
Planet that is the second from the sun, named after the Roman goddess of beauty and has no known satellites.
What is Venus?
Jovian planet which has 27 known satellites, is seventh from the sun, and is named after the Greek god of the sky.
What is Uranus?
These move across the sun from east to west, disappearing on the western edge and reappearing on the eastern edge a few weeks later.
What are sunspots?
The amount of light or radiation reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon.
What is an albedo?
The name, including a middle initial, that works good as a device to remember the order of the visible wavelengths of light.
What is ROY G. BIV?
True or False: Terrestrial planets are known for their planetary rings.
What is false.
Jovian planet that is the eighth planet from the sun, has 13 known satellites, and is named after the Roman god of the sea.
What is Neptune?