Objects
Objects
Planets
Meteors
100
No solid surface, large, many moons, rings, long revolutions, made of gas
Outer Planets
100
made of frozen gases, ice, dust; orbits the sun, found beyond Neptune, Sun's rays heats ice and a tail forms
comet
100
What planet is known to support life?
EARTH
100
Rocky Object that is in Earth's Atmosphere
Meteor
200
Orbits another object
satellite
200
object that revolves around a planet
moon
200
Why does looking at pictures of the solar system misleading?
The planets are actually much farther apart?
200
What happens when a meteor enters Earth's atmosphere?
burns up
300
Terrestrial, no or few moons, rotates slowly, no rings
Inner Planets
300
what is a comet's tail made of?
ice and dust
300
Name 2 inner planets
mercury
venus
earth
mars
300
What is the rocky object that can impact Earth's surface?
meteorite
400
Invisible path an object travels around
orbit
400
name a specific satellite
moon
Earth
400
Name 2 outer planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
400
What is the rocky object that stays in space and is as small as a grain of salt?
meteoroid
500
rocky, metallic objects that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid Belt
500
what is a meteor made of?
rock and other metals
500
What is a special characteristic of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus?
They have rings
500
What is this cartoon showing?
meteorite