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Solar System #1
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Solar System #3
Geologic history
The moon!
100

Mostly rock, some traces of metal, irregularly shaped and orbits the sun between mars and jupiter.

What is an asteroid?

100
The planets in order from the closest to the sun to furthest away.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
100
They all have rings.
What are the outer planets?
100

What are the 3 properties of an index fossil

They are found in a variety of places

They are easy to ID

They lived for a short period of geologic history

100

How long does it take for one lunar cycle to take place?

29.5 days

200

These planets are rocky and small.

What are the inner planets?

200
Books often show pictures of the planets, but something is wrong.
What is the distance that the planets are apart?
200

How many stars are in our solar system?

1, the sun

200

This law suggests that rock layers in the bottom of a series of starta are older than those at the top

What is the law of superposition?

200

during what moon phase would we have a lunar eclipse?

Full moon

300

These planets are very large and made of gases.

What are the outer planets?

300
A shooting star
What is a meteor?
300
The center of our universe and what all the planets revolve around.
What is the sun or star?
300
This principle suggests that sedimentary rocks are first deposited into flat layers

what is the law of original horizontality

300

During what moon phase is the moon halfway lit up, from the right hand side.

First quarter

400

You would see the most moons if you lived on this planet.

Jupiter!

400
When this celestial object is on the surface of Earth, it is named something different than when it is in space or shooting through the atmosphere.
What is a meteorite?
400

The two forces that hold the planets in their orbits around the sun.

What are gravity and inertia?

400

This principle suggests that an igneous intrusion is younger than the rocks it cuts through

The principle of crosscutting relationships
400

What moon phase must it be to experience a solar eclipse

New moon

500

It is first planet in the solar system.

What is Mercury?

500
A rocky, irregularly shaped object in our solar system that is not an asteroid.
What is a meteoroid?
500
Objects that have more mass also have more of this.
What is gravity?
500

True or false:  Through radiometric dating, we determine the relative age of a rock sample.

False

500

Why don't we have a solar eclipse every month.

The moon's orbit is tilted with respect to the orbit of the earth