Moons
Planets
Vocabulary
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Voc 3
100
the moon is also known as
What is lunar
100
The only planet known to contain life as we know it
What is Earth
100
a planet or moon htat has a counter clockwise spin has this type of rotation
What is prograde rotation
100
natural or artificial bodies that orbit larger celestial bodies such as planets
What is sateliites
100
what is the largest planet in our solar system
What is jupiter
200
this moon is one of the most volcanically active
What is Io
200
This planets year is only 88 earth days long
What is mercury
200
the time an object takes to revolve around the sun once
What is period of revolution
200
refered to as "dirty snowballs"
What is comets
200
what gas is traps the most heat in venus atmosphere
What is carbon dioxide
300
this moon has geysers that eject nitrogen
What is Triton
300
this planet had a storm system called the Great Dark Spod
What is neptune
300
a dense and rocky planet similar to Earth
What is terrestrial planet
300
what instrumeent made possible the discovery of addtional planets
What is telescope
300
describe the inner planets
What is small, dense, and rocky
400
This moon may have oceans of liquid water
What is Europa
400
this planet is known for its spectacular ring system
What is saturn
400
the amount of time that on object takes to rotate once
What is period of rotation
400
how do the inner planets differ from the outer planets
What is they are spaced more closely together
400
what is the most useful unit for measuring distances in the solar system
What is astronomical unit
500
1This moon is larger than the planet Mercury 2.This moon is believed to be a captured asteroid
What is 1. Ganymede 2. Deimos
500
1. this body is classified as a dwarf planet 2. this planet spins with a retrograde rotation
What is 1. pluto 2. venus
500
1 when the earth's shadow falls on the moon 2. small bodies of ice and cosmic dust
What is 1 lunar eclipse 2. comets
500
1. what is one factor that makes life possible on earth 2. which is the next planet moving outward from the sun after saturn
What is 1. liquid water on its surface 2. uranus
500
1. why don't solar and lunar exlipses occur every month 2. what terrestrial planet has a day that is over two earth months long
What is 1. the moons orbit is tilted 2. mercury
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