Space
Orbit
Found between Mars and Jupiter it is home to millions of rocky objects
The Asteroid Belt
The pattern of heat transfer
Warm area to cooler area
A push or a pull
Force
The three factors that contribute to the habitability of earth
Atmosphere, liquid water, Proximity to the sun
One complete trip of a planet around the sun
Revolution
These planets are large gas planets. (Another name for the outer planets)
Jovian
A state of balance where opposing forces or influences cancel each other out.
Equilibrium
The force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center
Gravity
The distance from the sun that is just right to maintain liquid water on the planet's surface
Goldilocks Zone
Small rocky objects that orbit the sun, mainly found between mars and Jupiter
Asteroids
These smaller inner planets characterized by their rocky land masses
Terrestrial Planets
transfer of thermal energy through direct contact
Conduction
As the mass of an object goes up the amount of gravitation pull:________
Increases (goes up)
The nearness in space, time or relationship
Proximity
Moon
The vast spherical shell of icy bodies that surrounds our solar system
Oort Cloud
Hot air balloon, a fish tank heater, magma under the earth's surface are all heated through....
Convection
As an object gets further away its gravitational force: ______
decreases (goes down)
The distance from a star at which liquid water could exist on an orbiting planet's serface
Habitable Zone
A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
Planet
A vast, donut-shaped ring of icy bodies, rock, and dwarf planets (like Pluto) in the outer solar system
Kuiper Belt
The transfer of thermal energy from a source such as the sun or fire?
Radiation
One word to describe the orbit of a planet around the sun in our solar system
Elliptical
The number of habitable words we have in our solar system
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