Observing the SS
The Sun
Features
Smaller Objects
Misc.
100
heliocentric
What is a model of the solar system where the sun is in the the center?
100
The core
Where does nuclear fusion occur?
100
Sunspots
What are the areas of cooler gases on the sun's surface?
100
nucleus and coma
What are the parts of a comet's head?
100
Comet
What is the object made of ice, gas and dust?
200
Geocentric
What is a model of the solar system where the earth is at the center?
200
The radiation zone
What is the area of gas where energy is transferred as electromagnetic radiation?
200
Solar Flares
What are eruptions in space?
200
Oort Cloud
Where are comets found?
200
Meteoroid
What is a chunk of rock or dust in space?
300
Galileo
What is the astronomer who used a telescope to support the heliocentric model.
300
The convection zone
What is the outermost layer of the sun's interior?
300
Solar Wind
What are particles from the sun that reach the Earth and cause the Northern Lights?
300
Asteroid belt
What is the are where asteroids revolve around the sun?
300
Pluto
What is a new dwarf planet?
400
Kepler
Who is the astronomer who discovered planets orbit in an ellipse.
400
The photosphere
What is the part of the sun we see when we look at it?
400
Prominences
What are the features that link sunspot areas?
400
Meteor
What is a meteoroid called when it enters Earth's atmosphere?
400
Kuiper belt
What is the area where comets are found?
500
Copernicus
Who is the astronomer who worked out the arrangement of the planets and how they move around the sun?
500
The corona
What is the faint outer layer of the sun's atmosphere?
500
Auroras (Northern Lights)
What are the areas of light caused by charged particles from the sun?
500
Meteorite
What is a meteor called when it hits Earth's surface?
500
Away from the sun
What is the direction a comet's tail points?
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