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SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
EARTH SCIENCE
CHAPTER # 4 - THE PLANETS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE DISTINGUISHING
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANETS
2.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE PLANETS ARE
CLASSIFIED
THE 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 9 PLANETS :
1.
GENERAL ORDER OUT FROM THE SUN :
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
2.
ELLIPTICAL -
3.
4.
1.
5.
2.
MASS -
CLASSIFYING THE PLANETS :
1.
BY POSITION :
1.
INFERIOR PLANETS -
3.
1.
2.
2.
SUPERIOR PLANETS -
RETROGRADE MOTION 2.
BY SIZE AND DENSITY :
1.
TERRESTRIAL PLANETS -
2.
JOVIAN OR GAS GIANTS -
ABOUT EACH PLANET ( OTHER THAN EARTH ) :
1.
MERCURY :
1.
3.
2.
4.
SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > MERCURY
1.
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE ITS SURFACE IS
SIMILAR TO THE MOON BECAUSE OF HEAVY __________________
2.
IT IS THE INNER PLANET THAT WE KNOW THE LEAST ABOUT BECAUSE
ONLY A FEW SPACE MISSIONS HAVE BEEN SENT THERE . THE REASON
FOR THIS IS THAT IT TAKE MORE ROCKET FUEL TO MAINTAIN
CONTROL GOING THAT DEEP INTO THE SUN’S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
THAN IT WOULD TAKE TO ESCAPE THE ENTIRE ____________ __________
2.
VENUS :
1.
3.
2.
4.
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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > VENUS
1.
EVIDENCE INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF ACTIVE ___________________
2.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS OVER 90 % _________________
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3.
MARS :
1.
3.
2.
4.
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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > MARS
1.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND STUDIES SUGGEST THAT _____________ ____________
LIKE THOSE ON EARTH WERE ONCE PRESENT
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4.
JUPITER :
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > JUPITER
1.
ITS GIANT RED EYE IS LARGER THAN ____________________
2.
EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN THAT JUPITER’S CHEMICAL COMPOSITION IS
SIMILAR TO THE __________________
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5.
SATURN :
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > SATURN
1.
SATURN HAS THE ___________________ POLAR REGIONS
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6.
URANUS :
1.
3.
2.
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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > URANUS
1.
ITS POLAR REGIONS FACE THE SUN , BUT ITS EQUATORIAL REGION
NEVER FACING THE SUN , IS _______________________
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7.
NEPTUNE :
1.
3.
2.
4.
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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > NEPTUNE
1.
ITS MOON , TRITON , IS THE ______________ BODY IN OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM , YET IT STILL HAS ________________
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8.
PLUTO :
1.
3.
2.
4.
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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > PLUTO
1.
PLUTO AND ITS MOON COULD FIT WITHIN THE ____________ ___________
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