Solar System Basics
What is a solar system?
The solar system is a collection of the sun, planets, comets, asteroids, meteors, and space debris.
A natural satellite that orbits a planet
What is a moon
Which planet is found in the habitable zone
Earth
What force pulls objects toward a planet?
Gravity
When a rocket ship launches what force is it working against?
Gravity
Name the closest planet to the Sun.
What is Mercury
This is a small piece of an asteroid or comet that enters Earth’s atmosphere.
What is a meteor
Mercurey, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Mercury’s gravity is one‑third of Earth’s. What happens to your mass on Mercury?
Your mass stays the same on Mercury.
How does the sun keep all of our planets in orbit?
It's mass
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
What is Jupiter
Where are comets found
Kuiper Belt
Name the outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What are 2 things gravity depends on
size and distance
What is the name of our galaxy
Milky Way
What is the Sun made of?
What is hot gas
A space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and makes contact with the Earth's surface
What is meteoroid
List the 8 planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Which planet is not a gas giant: Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, or Mars?
Mars
What does it mean if something is a celestial object?
It is found in outer space
Explain the difference between mass and weight.
Mass = amount of matter (stays the same).
Weight = force of gravity pulling on you (changes on different planets).
What is a satellite?
A satellite is an object that orbits a planet.
What are the 3 rules to be considered a planet ?
1. Must orbit a star
2. Must be spherical shape
3. Must have clear orbit
Explain why your mass stays the same but your weight changes on different planets.
Mass doesn’t change because it’s the amount of matter in your body. Weight changes because different planets have different gravity.
one object is traveling around another object in a circular path
What is Orbit