Observing S.S.
The Sun
Inner/Outer Planets
Comets, Asteroids, Meteors
Life Beyond Earth?
100
The 3 models of our Solar System.
What are the ancient greek model, geocentric model, and heliocentric model?
100
The 3 layers of the sun's interior.
What are the core, radiation zone, and convection zone?
100
All of the inner planets.
What are mercury, venus, earth, mars?
100
Loose collection of dust, ice, and small rocky material.
What is a comet?
100
Three things Earth has for suitable living conditions.
What are liquid water, suitable temperature range, and atmosphere?
200
His discoveries supported the heliocentric model.
Who is Galileo?
200
The part of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs.
What is the core?
200
All of the outer planets.
What are jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune?
200
Revolve around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
What are asteroids?
200
Favorable "conditions" for life on Earth.
What are the Goldilocks Conditions?
300
Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
What is the heliocentric model?
300
Regions of cooler gases on the sun.
What are sunspots?
300
This makes Earth's surface unique.
What is liquid water?
300
Come from comets or asteroids.
What are meteroids?
300
Life other than that on Earth.
What is extraterrestrial life?
400
Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.
What is the geocentric model?
400
This planets structure is similar to Earth's.
What is Venus?
400
Two places of origin for comets.
What are Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt?
400
Scientists hypothesize this planet may once had the conditions for life to exist.
What is Mars?
500
He found that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse.
Who is Kepler?
500
The sun's atmosphere layers.
What are the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona?
500
Scientists think a large amount of water once flowed on this planet.
What is Mars?
500
The difference between a meteor and meteorite.
What is a meteor is like a "shooting star" and a meteorite reaches earth's surface?
500
If there is liquid water on this moon, there might also be life.
What is Europa?
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