The Solar System
The earth centered model of the universe is called ________
The sun centered model is called_____________
geocentric, heliocentric
The outer most layer of the sun is called the
Corona
What are the four inner planets largest to smallest
What are these planets called together?
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
What are the outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Where is the asteroid belt located
Between Mars and Jupiter
What is the correct order of the planets from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What do we call the visible light from the sun
photosphere
Each of the terrestrial planets have what cycle
Day and night
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
An asteroid is a small rock which orbits the sun
True or False
TRUE
How does the sun get its energy?
Nuclear Fusion
What is the middle layer of the sun called?
The chromosphere
What planet has ice caps and what are the ice caps made of
Mars, From frozen carbon dioxide
The outer planets all have what 3 things in common
1. Gas planets
2. Have rings
3. Have Moons
What causes meteors to glow "shooting star"
The high speeds they travel at make them very hot
Who developed the geocentric model?
Who developed the heliocentric model?
Ptolemy
Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Brahe
True or false: Eruptions of hot gas from the sun's surface are called prominences
FALSE: FLARES
Which planet has an atmosphere with sulfuric acid white clouds
VENUS
Which planet takes thirty years to make one revolution around the sun?
Saturn
Which of the following reaches earths surface
A. Asteroid
B. Meteor
C. Meteorite
D. Meteoroid
Meteorite
What did Joannes Kepler specifically contribute to the heliocentric model
Proved that the orbit of each planet was elliptical or oval shaped
What produces the solar winds? what is another name for them?
charged particles produced by the corona
Which planet has suitable temperatures where water can exist in all three states of matter
EARTH
Which planet has methane ice crystals
Neptune
what is the streak visible in night on a comet called and what are they made of
coma, made of ice, dust and rock