Comets
Meteors, meteorites, and more
Terrestrial Planets
Jovian planets
The Sun
100
A comets center or nucleus is made of _________.
What is ice.
100
The appearance of a number of meteors occurring in the same part of the sky over a period of time.
What is meteor shower.
100
The only planet known to have life forms.
What is Earth.
100
Another name for Jovian planets.
What is Gas Giants
100
The age of the sun.
What is 4.5 billion years old.
200
Name at least 2 things beside ice that comets are made of.
What is methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide, dust, rocks & other debris from the solar system.
200
Fragments of asteroids that fall to ground on Earth
What is Meteorites.
200
Name the planet(s) that had once displayed signs of possible life forms.
What is Mars/Venus.
200
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter.
200
Temperature of the sun.
What is around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
300
The part of a comet surrounding the nucleus that's is made of dust and gas.
What is the coma.
300
Meteorites are one of three types:
What is stony, stony-iron, or iron.
300
This planet has no atmosphere.
What is Mercury.
300
Cassini, spacecraft, is orbiting this planet.
What is Saturn.
300
Areas on the Sun’s surface that are cooler than others and look darker.
What is sun spots.
400
Two regions of the outer Solar System that creates comets.
What is The Kuiper Belt and The Oort Cloud.
400
When a meteor encounters our atmosphere and is vaporized, it leaves behind a trail. The burning meteoroid is called a ____________.
What is meteor.
400
Name at least 2 of the gasses that make up the atmosphere of the terrestrial plants.
What is carbon dioxide nitrogen oxygen ozone argon
400
This planet orbits on its side.
What is Uranus.
400
Amount of time the Sun's light reaches Earth.
What is 8 minutes.
500
The tail of a comet is the result of ____________.
What is solar winds blowing against the comet.
500
Meteor showers occur when ______________.
What is Earth’s orbit crosses the path of a comet’s orbit.
500
The inner planets called terrestrial planets because _______________.
What is they have solid surfaces and resemble the Earth.
500
This was the only spacecraft to visit Neptune.
What is Voyager 2 in 1989.
500
Gasses the Sun is made of.
What is hydrogen and helium.
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