Vocab 1
the color is red
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Group of stars that form a pattern.
Constellation
Bits of rock, ice crystals, and dust make these, which are found orbiting around most outer planets such as Saturn.
Rings
The Earth orbits the Moon.
False (the Moon orbits the Earth)
Called the Red Planet, this might be the only planet in our Solar System that humans could survive on. Also home to Olympus Mons, which is the largest and tallest volcano in the Solar System at around 75,000ft high.
Mars
A term these 4 get referred to in our Solar System, they are large spheres made mostly of gasses.
Gas Giants
Burning sphere of gases.
Star
The orbit of a planet, closer to the sun, will move _____ (faster or slower) than the outer planets?
Faster
Jupiter is the largest object in the Solar System.
False (The Sun is)
This Planet is believed to be the core of what was once a much larger planet. 800+ degrees during the day, and -200 degrees at night, this planet has been beat down by these extreme temperature swings.
Mercury
Path an object takes when revolving around another object, such as the Earth to the Sun, or the Moon to the Earth.
Orbit
300
points?
Though Earth is not the only planet in our Solar System, it is the only planet that has this type of material in liquid form that we know of.
Water
Pluto has the shortest orbit (Path) around the Sun of all the planets.
False (Longest. Mercury has the shortest)
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once on its axis?
24hrs
The 4 planets on the outside of the Asteroid Belt, known as Gas Giants, make up this part of the Solar System.
Outer Planets
Imaginary line that Earth rotates around.
Axis
Where does most of the heat, light, and energy come from in our Solar System?
The Sun
Humans have stepped on the surface of the Earth's Moon.
True (Neil Armstrong being the first)
What is the opposite of a New Moon?
A full Moon
Small Mass of ice and dust that orbits the Sun, which if to close, will form a tail.
Comet
Space vehicle that carries cameras, instruments, and other tools.
Space Probe
93 ______ Miles is the average distance that the Earth is from the Sun.
Million (93,000,000)
A Solar System is larger than a Galaxy.
False (Galaxies are made up of billions of stars, each having their own Solar System.)
What is the force the keeps objects in space attached to the stars they orbit, the moons attached to the planets they orbit, and our own two feet planted on the ground?
Gravity