vocab. 1
what is the definition of rotation
what is one whole spin of an object on its axis
name the planets in order
what is mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune
what are some characteristics of venus
what are it has clouds, and hot and dry
what are some characteristics of neptune
what is has an stmosphere, has clouds, has 13 moons
what is an axis and sunspots
what is an imaginary line planets rotate on, dark planet sized regions that appears on the sun
what is the definition of a revolution
what is one whole orbit of an object around another object
what is the difference between outer planets and inner planets
what is inner planets have solid outside, but outer planets have a gas surface
what are some characteristics of earth
what is it can support life, it has an atmosphere, and it has gravity
what is a planet
what is a large round object that revolves around a star and has cleared the region around its orbit
what are saturn and neptune
what is saturn is the 6th planet and neptune is the 8th
what is an asteroid
what is a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that surrounds the sun
what is the difference between meteor shower and a shower of shooting stars
what is meteor showers have pieces of rock fall to the earth at once, shooting stars fall in smaller pieces or the size of grains of sand
what is it has an atmosphere, has bands of color, and has many moons
what are some characteristics of Mercury
what are small planet, covered with thousands of small craters, it is very hot, no atmosphere, and cold at night
what is a dwarf planet
what is a large round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit
what is a moon
what is a natural object that revolves around a planet
what are the layers of the sun
what is the photosphere, chromospere, and corona
what are some characteristics of saturn
what is has an atmosphere, and has many rings around it
what are some characteristics of mars
what are it contains iron oxide, and has seasons
what is constellation
what is a group of stars that forms a pattern
what is a comet
what is a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun
what do mercury and venus have in common and differences
what is both are very hot and dry, venus has clouds but mercury does not
what are some characteristics of uranus
what is has an atmosphere, has many moon, and has an odd tilt
how does the Earth's revolution effect the seasons on Earth
what is as earth is making a rotation around the sun as earth our side of earth is turning toward the sun it gets warmer and colder
is an explosive eruption of waves and particles into space