Solar System
Consists of the Sun, Planets, Moons, and any other object in space. What is...
The Solar System
The force of attraction between 2 objects is known as...What is
Gravity
When a celestial body moves around another is called a(n) What is a...
Revolution / Orbit
The 2 categories of the planets that make up our Solar system:
What are the:
Inner planets
Outer planets
What is the comet belt outside of Neptune's orbit?
What is the...
Kuiper Belt
A Celestial body that produces it's own light?
What is....
a STAR
A moving object wants to keep moving and an object at rest wants to stay at rest is known as a scientific principle of...
What is....
Inertia
When a celestial body spins on it's axis,
What is....
ROTATING
The Inner Planets are also known as the...Explain why
Terrestrial Planets they are made of rocky material and they have solid surfaces
What is one rotational period of Earth...how many days...
What is
24 hours
List 7 celestial bodies that make up the Solar System.
Can only use 1 planet on the list
What are...
The Sun, Earth, Stars, Meteors, Comets, the Planets, the Moon...
Answers will vary.
The 2 forces that keep the Solar System and Universe together are...
What is
Gravity and Inertia
A collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars.
What is
a GALAXY.
Which planet will have the greatest gravitational force on from the Solar system? exlain why
Planet Jupiter
Why do the inner planets have a faster revolution time?
What is
The shorter orbital distance around the Sun.
The sun is composed mostly of two elements, what are they?
Hydrogen and Helium
The gravitational force between 2 objects depend on ....
What are ______________
Mass and distance
The unit that refers to the distance between the Sun and a planet.
What is....
The Astronomical Unit
The Inner Planets are separated by the Outer Planets by..
What is...
The Asteroid belt.
If the Sun disappeared, what would happen with the planets.
What is
The planets would drift away and fly off in a straight path
What are 2 difference between the Sun and the Planets?
Answers may vary.
The Sun produces it's own light,.
The Sun is a Star.
The Planets do not produce their own light.
The Planets are not Stars.
The Sun is more massive than any of the planets.
The Sun is the center of our Solar system.
The planets orbit the Sun.
COMPARE the gravitational force of two LARGE objects vs two SMALL objects.
What is...
The greater the Mass between the 2 objects, the larger the gravitational force between them.
The smaller the Mass of 2 planets will have a smaller gravitational force between them
A celestial body that follows another body in an orbit is called
What is....
A natural satellite
List the Outer planets from being FURTHEST away from the Sun to the being the closest to the Sun.
What is
Neptune, Uranaus, Saturn, Jupiter
The AU is an average distance between Earth and the Sun...
1 AU = ________________
What is...150 million kilometers
The Earth's solar system is located where.
What is ...
on a spiral arm of the Milky Way.
How does distance affect the gravitational force between objects.
What is...
As the distance increases between 2 objects, the gravitational force between them will decrease.
The Law that states that the gravitational force depends on 2 factors...Mass and Distance.
What is the
Law of Universal Gravitation.
Which will have the most gravitational force. Jupiter and Earth, or Mars and Earth.
What is...
Jupiter and Earth
Mention three c
The planets would not follow an orbit.
The planets would fly into outer space>
The entire Solar system would fly off in different directions.
The planets would be pulled into the Sun's path.