Download Ch 14 Study Guide What`s the difference between heliocentric

Ch 14 Study Guide
What’s the difference between
heliocentric & geocentric
models of the solar system?
What are Kepler’s three laws
of planet motion?
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What objects make up our
solar system?
What is the unit used for
measuring distances in the
solar system? What does one
of these units equal?
How does the sun create its
energy? Explain how it works
and where it occurs.
Name & describe the three
layers of the sun’s interior?
(inner to outer)
Name & describe the three
layers of the sun’s
atmosphere?
(inner to outer layers)
Name and define the four
features found on the sun.
Name the inner planets:
What do the inner planets
have in common?
Name Earth’s interior layers.
Which has 2 parts?
Describe why Earth is special
compared to other planets.
Name the outer planets:
What are the outer planets
called? What do they have in
common?
What are rings made of?
How is Pluto different from
the gas giants?
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Ch 14 Study Guide
What is a comet and what are
it’s three parts?
From what regions do comets
originate? Which region is
further away?
What are asteroids and where
are they found?
What is the difference
between a meteoroid, meteor
and a meteorite?
What four characteristics do
all living things on Earth
share?
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