Vocabulary
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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
What is inertia
100
The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts to every other object
What is the law of universal gravitation
100
Largest object in the solar system
What is the sun
100
Central region
What is the core
100
Looks like a halo
What is corona
200
A measure of the force of gravity on an object
What is weight
200
Must be round, orbit sun, and has a cleared orbit
What is a planet
200
Where energy moves through
What is radiation zone
200
Areas of gas on the Suns surface and is cool
What is sunspots
300
Used to measure distances within our solar system
What is astronomical unit (AU)
300
On the moon, you'd weigh ___ that you do on Earth.
What is 1/6
300
Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea
What is dwarf planets
300
Outer layer of sun
What is convection zone
300
Sunspots in groups
What is prominences
400
Layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a reddish glow
What is chromosphere
400
The more ____ the greater the _______
What is mass, inertia
400
Formed 4.6 billion years ago
What is solar system
400
Inner layer
What is photospere
400
When prominences collide
What is solar flares
500
Small body that combined with like bodies to form all the other objects in our solar system
What is planetesimal
500
Formed as gravity pulls rock ice and gas together
What is planets
500
Where reddish glow is visible from eclipse
What is chromosphere
500
Made up of electric particles
What is solar wind
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