Planets & Space Terms
What kind of surface do terrestrial planets have?
What is rocky?
What is the visible surface of the Sun called?
What is the photosphere?
What gas makes up 78% of Earth’s atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
Rock made from cooled magma is called what?
What is igneous rock?
What causes day and night?
What is Earth’s rotation?
Which planets are known for being large and gassy
What are Jovian planets
What are the two models of the solar system called?
What are heliocentric and geocentric?
What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
What is the troposphere?
What mineral property is the color of its powder?
What is streak?
What landform forms where two plates collide?
What are mountains or trenches?
What do we call the distance light travels in a year?
What is a light-year?
Why does the Sun have stronger gravity than Earth?
What is because it is larger in mass?
What kind of front brings thunderstorms?
What is a cold front?
What does Mohs Hardness Scale measure?
What is how hard a mineral is?
What kind of volcano is wide with runny lava?
What is a shield volcano?
What term means the brightness of a star?
What is luminosity?
Which layer comes directly above the photosphere?
What is the chromosphere?
What kind of pressure usually means clear skies?
What is high pressure?
Fossil tracks or footprints are what kind of fossil?
What is a trace fossil?
What powers rockets and holds cargo?
What is the nose cone?
What are the three types of galaxies?
What are elliptical, spiral, and irregular?
Which zone of the Sun moves energy from the core outward?
What is the radiative zone?
What planet besides Earth has the greenhouse effect?
What is Venus (and Mars)?
What rock type are most fossils found in?
What is sedimentary rock?
Name two impacts space exploration had on Florida.
What are tourism and economy/money?