Vocabulary 5-9
A metallic, rocky obbject in space
What is an Asteroid?
Earth Centered
Was is geocentric?
I am a Jovian planet and my atmosphere is toxic to humans because it is made up of hydrogen and helium. My moon has a thin atmosphere made of sulfur dioxide. I have a storm on my surface that has been raging for more than 200 years.
What is Jupiter?
The Law of Inertia
What is Newton's first law of motion?
formed when acids dissolve a bone, tooth, or shell and leave an imprint of the object in sediment.
What is a mold?
A large, bowl-shaped hole found in solid, rocky surfaces.
What is a crater?
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass?
I am a terrestrial planet with frozen ice caps at my poles. These ice caps are made of dry ice and my surface has ridges, gullies, and canyons which scientists say means I used to have flowing water. Which planet am I?
What is Mars?
Newton's second law
What is the law of acceleration?
formed when sand or other minerals fill a cavity-shaped mold over time, and then harden to form a replica of the original organism.
What is a cast?
Ejected materials that fall back around a crater and form an area of debris that look like spokes on a wheel.
What is a ray?
Planets made of mostly gasses
What is a gaseous planet?
I am a terrestrial planet that has a narrow temperature range that keeps my surface water in liquid form. My atmosphere is composed of nitrogen and oxygen gasses and protects my planet from dangerous solar radiation and space debris. I have a moon, but it does not have an atmosphere. Which planet am I?
What is Earth?
Equal and Opposite
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion
tree resin that has hardened into a clear, rocklike substance that holds an organism
Dark, flat lava plain; the latin word for "seas"
What is Maria?
A meteoroid once it hits a planets surface
What is a meteorite?
I am a terrestrial planet with almost no atmosphere. When I am facing the sun, my surface can heat up to 452℃. My surface facing away from the sun gets as low as -170℃. I am the closest planet to the sun. Which planet am I?
What is Mercury?
The units of force
What is a Newton?
the air-drying of soft tissues, such as muscles and tendons, before the organism becomes buried
What is mummification?
Happens when gas molecules bounce against the rocks and other surfaces.
What is wind erosion?
The force that governs the movements of everything on earth
What is gravity?
I am a Gaseous planet with an atmosphere of mostly hydrogen and helium, but with a trace of methane to give me a dreamy blue color. I have a continuous high-pressure storm called the Great White Spot that has the fastest winds in the solar system. Which planet am I?
What is Neptune?
A push or pull on an object
What is a force?
formed when mineral seep into the pores of a slowly decaying shell or bone and replace the organism’s cells with mineral material.
What is petrified?