What is the difference between heliocentric and geocentric?
What is heliocentric is sun centered SS, geocentric is earth centered SS
100
This planet rotates in the opposite direction of all other planets in our solar system
What is Venus
100
Keplers first law says planet have orbits shaped in an
What is an ellipse
100
A meteoroid is still in________
What is space
200
Has 84 year orbit and an average temperature of -224 degrees Celsius
What is Uranus
200
SMALL ICY BODIES THAT HAVE HIGHLY ECCENTRIC ORBITS AROUND SUN
What are comets
200
This planet has an average surface temperature of 462 degrees celsius
What is Venus
200
State Keplers 2nd Law
What is planets move faster the closer they are to the Sun during their orbits
200
A meteor is in _________
What is the Earth's atmosphere
300
Planet Discovered by Galileo in 1610
Atmosphere made of Hydrogen and Helium
What is Saturn
300
What happens to comets that come within 3 AU of sun?
What is it begins to evaporate, which forms a head and a tail
300
True or False: Eris is more massive than Pluto
What is True
300
What is the equation for Keplers third law?
What is p^2 = a^3
300
A meteorite hits ____________
What is the Earth
400
Temperatures of this planet....
Night= -280 degrees Fahrenheit
Day= 800 degrees Fahrenheit
What is Mercury
400
A group of small solar system bodies mostly ranging from 30-50 AU from Sun
What is the kuiper belt
400
Explain why we see a meteor shower on Earth sometimes?
What is the Earth is traveling through a dust trail left behind by a comet.
400
This moon has lots of volcanic activity
What is Io
400
This moon has the highest albedo in solar system---it is bright!
What is Europa
500
This planet has a thin atmosphere made of mostly Carbon Dioxide and has about 37% of Earth’s gravity
What is Mars
500
What is an astronomical unit? And how long does it take light to travel this distance?
What is distance from Earth to Sun and 8 minutes
500
Describe the general steps to how the Solar System formed:
What is
Cloud Collapses
Collapse accelerates
Matter condenses
Temperature and Pressure increase
Tiny grains begin to accumulate materials
Gas Giants form
Terrestrial Planets form