Solar System 1
List the Solar System in ORDER, including the asteroid belt -
What is?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupitar, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Pluto is considered a -
What is?
A dwarf planet.
The luminous star around which Earth and other planets revolve -
What is?
The Sun.
As the mass between two objects increase and their distance decreases, what happens to their gravitational attraction -
What is?
It gets stronger (increases).
A person trained to be apart of a spacecrew.
What is an Astronaut?
A vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial body (such as the moon or Mars)
What is?
A rover.
The glowing, heated dust and vaporized gas that SURROUNDS the icy comet is called the -
What is?
The Coma.
The force that governs the motion of our Solar System.
What is?
Gravity
Known as the "shooting star" when it enters Earth's atmosphere -
What is?
Meteor
Name the terrestrial planets
What is?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is considered a Natural Satellite?
What is?
The moon.
Objects such as planets, moons, and stars that are located in space are called -
What is?
Celestial Bodies/Objects
When we leave Earth's atmosphere our ____ changes; and our ___ stays the same.
What is?
Weight; Mass
All the planets in our solar system have the same...
What is?
Shape
How many Earth days does it take Mercury to orbit the sun?
What is?
88 days
List celestial bodies that orbit the Sun.
What is?
Planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets.
Planets closer to the Sun has a ____ orbit than planets farthest from the Sun which has a ____ orbit.
What is?
Faster; Slower
Jupiter has more of a force of gravity at its surface than Earth does because:
What is?
Jupiter has a BIGGER mass than Earth.
A group of small rocky objects found in a belt between the inner and outer planets are called:
What is?
Asteroids
Earth, Saturn, Mercury, Venus : Which of the following is considered a gas planet?
What is?
Saturn
Pieces of rock from space large enough to pass through Earth’s atmosphere and strike the ground
What is?
A meteorite
What is the difference between Earth's period of revolution and Mercury period of revolution?
What is?
277 days
A celestial body made of ice, gas, and rock, also known as a “dirty snowball” is a _______.
What is?
A comet.
The force of gravity between two objects will be weakest if their masses are ___ and their distance is ____ .
What is?
Small; far apart.
Physically demonstrate (with your group), the position of the Sun, the moon, and Earth and their orbits around each other.
What is?
Students should have one student (standing still as - SUN), with the Earth revolving around the Sun (AND rotating on its own axis- 24hrs) and the moon revolving around the Earth, 1 month to revolve
*(and rotate on its own axis- 1 month as well)