Sun
Areas that are dark and cooler than other places on the Sun
Sunspots
What are the four terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is the hottest part of the Sun?
The core
When an object interacts with our atmosphere but does not impact the surface
Meteor
What are the four jovian planets?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Extreme solar weather that can affect Earth.
Solar Flares
The four terrestrial planets are know for having this main similarity
Rocky surfaces
What is the hottest part of the Sun's atmosphere?
The corona
Found inbetween the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroid belt
Why are Saturn and Jupiter different from Uranus and Neptune?
They formed first, allowing them to pull in much more gas
How long it takes for the Sun's light to reach Earth
About 8 minutes
Venus has a different type of rotation than the other terrestrial planets, what is it?
Retrograde rotation
Name the layers of the Sun's atmosphere
Corona
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Made of ice and dust with a bright head and long narrow tail.
Comet
What makes up the rings of the jovian planets?
Rock, dust, ice, gas particles
A stream of particles produced by the sun.
Solar wind
What are the three reasons the terrestrial planets do not all have the same exact surfaces?
Size of the planets
Distance from the Sun
Speed of their rotation
Name the layers of the Sun's interior
Core
Radiation Zone
Convection Zone
Its size
It orbits with other objects
It only orbits the Sun
Where did many of the moons of the jovian planets come from?
They formed from extra rocky and icy, along with dust, material caught in the orbits of the planets.
The process that powers the Sun
Nuclear fusion
What are the four processes that shape the surface of the terrestrial planets?
Volcanism
Impact Cratering
Erosion
Tectonics
Which area does most of the light from the Sun come from? Which area does most of the heat come from?
Radiation Zone
Convection Zone
What are the five dwarf planets in our Solar System?
Pluto
Eres
Haumea
Makemake
Ceres
Describe how the jovian planets rotate.
The outer parts actually can rotate in different directions because there is so much gas and wind present. They also spin much faster than the terrestrial planets