Inner Planets
Type of planet with rocky crusts and metalic cores
What is TERRESTRIAL?
Type of planet that has deep atmosphere and no rocky surface. Also known as gas giants
What is JOVIAN?
To arrange things (planets) into categories with shared characteristics
What is CLASSIFY?
Region between Mars and Jupiter containing more than a million small rocky objects
What is ASTEROID BELT?
Number of rovers on Mars
What is 6?
Largest rocky planet with persistent water present
What is EARTH?
Largest planet in the solar system
What is JUPITER?
A physical property of matter that describes the amount of mass in a unit of volume
What is DENSITY?
Icy rock that gives off gas/dust tail as it nears the sun
What is COMET?
Name of spacecraft designed to travel to the outer planets and beyond. Launched in 1977 and still going beyond our solar system,
What is VOYAGER?
Smallest rocky planet with extreme temperatures
What is MERCURY?
Least massive gas planet and rotates on its side
What is URANUS?
the distance from the center of a planet's core to the outer edge of its atmosphere
What is PLANETARY RADIUS?
The dwarf planet that is the largest object in the asteroid belt
What is CERES?
Two types of telescopes
What are GROUND-BASED and SPACE telescopes?
Dense atmosphere and acid clouds trap thermal energy from the sun and rotates backwards.
What is VENUS?
Smallest volume but highest density of gas planets
What is NEPTUNE?
the average distance at which the planet revolves around the sun
What is ORBITAL RADIUS?
Location of dwarf planet, Pluto
What is KUIPER BELT?
Name a SPACE telescope
What is HUBBLE or JAMES WEBB?
Best choice for a human colony because temperature is bearable but water and oxygen are not plentiful
What is MARS?
Has the lowest density of all planets and the most elaborate ring system
What is SATURN?
Describe the difference between CRITERIA and CONSTRAINT?
CRITERIA-requirements for an engineering solution to be successful
CONSTRAINT-the limitations on a solution
Ball-shaped volume farthest away from our sun containing icy objects
What is OORT CLOUD?
Name TWO products humans use that were first developed for observing space
What are WATER FILTERS, DIGITAL CAMERAS, SHOE INSOLES, INVISIBLE BRACES