The sun produces large amounts of energy through this process
What is NUCLEAR FUSION?
100
This describes a bright streak of light that results when a meteroroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere
What is a meteor?
100
This planet has moons named Phobos and Deimos
What is Mars?
100
These planets have rings.
What are all the Gas Giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)
200
Aristarchus' believed the sun was much larger than Earth, so his model is represented when small objects REVOLVE around larger objects.
What is HELIOCENTRIC?
200
This is the primary ATOMIC reaction that takes place within the sun that converts hydrogen atoms into helium atoms
What is ATOMIC FUSION
200
This is a sphere that surrounds the Solar System
What is Oort Cloud?
200
This is the sun and all the bodies that travel around it
What is Solar System?
200
This Gas Giant is farthest from the sun
What is Neptune?
300
This Astronomer challenged the way in which people of his time thought about the solar system. Copernicus described the motion of the sun as being like this.
What is stationary (not moving)?
300
This is how a solar flare would MOST LIKELY appear on an X-ray picture
What is an area of bright white light
300
These objects are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
What are ASTEROIDS?
300
This is the type of surface terrestrial planets have
What is Solid?
300
This statement describes the temperature of Jupiter
What is the center is extremely hot
400
This describes a force of attraction between two objects that results from their masses
What is GRAVITY?
400
This is how often sunspot activity reaches its highest level (years)
What is about once every 11 years
400
These are the TWO locations where dwarf planets can be found
What is Kuiper Belt and asteroid belt
400
This TERRESTRIAL planet is farthest from the sun
What is Mars?
400
This is the number of moons discovered orbiting Jupiter thus far
What is 63?
500
When distances between objects increase, gravitational force _______________
What is decreases?
500
This is the layer of the sun where hydrogen nuclei fuse to form helium nuclei
What is core
500
This is a small body from which a planet originated during the early development of the solar system
What is a planetesimal
500
This TERRESTRIAL planet has the highest average surface temperature because it has a THIN atmosphere ans solar energy reaches the surface easily
What is Venus?
500
This planet has a 98 degree tilt which casues it to orbit the sun on it's side.