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Mrs. Dempsey
Sun
Inner
Planets
Outer
Planets
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Solar
System
Geocentric is Earth-centered/heliocentric is Suncentered=Copernicus
What is the difference between
the geocentric vs. heliocentric
models of the universe? Who
proposed the heliocentric model?
Row 1, Col 1
Milky Way / 4.6 byo
Our sun belongs to what
Galaxy? Approximately how
old is our Sun?
1,2
Name the terrestrial
planets in our solar
system.
Place them in order from
smallest to largest.
1,3
Size, mass, # of moons
Name three ways the outer
planets are different from the
inner planets
1,4
MVEMJSUN
Name the planets in order
starting with the one
closest to the sun
2,1
Nuclear Fusion/Hydrogen atoms combined to form
heavier helium atoms
How does our Sun produce its energy?
What two elements are involved?
DD
2,2
Venus
Which planet is considered
Earth’s twin? Name two ways
these two planets are alike
and two ways they differ
2,3
Particles of ice and rock
Each of the gas planets
are surrounded by a set of rings.
What are these “rings” made of?
2,4
Meteorites=on Earth/Meteoroids in space/meteors=burn
up in our atmosphere
How are meteors, meteorites,
and meteoroids different?
3,1
Corona/it looks like a crown
What is the outer most layer
of the Sun’s atmosphere called?
Why is it called this?
3,2
Mercury/ so close to Sun causes gas molecules to move
very fast and escape and so small weak gravity
Which inner planet has
almost no atmosphere?
Why?
3,3
Backward rotation/Venus
What is retrograde
rotation?
Name one planet
that rotates this way
3,4
Elongated circle, or narrow oval/Comets
If an object in space is said to have an
elliptical orbit, what does it mean? Name one
object in space that has a very elliptical orbit
4,1
Solar Winds/Solar (magnetic) storms
What causes the auroras in
the night sky? What else can
this feature of the Sun cause
to happen?
DD
4,2
Temperature, thin atmosphere=liquid H2O would turn
into gas, Co2 atmosphere,
Name three reasons
Mars would be difficult to
colonize?
4,3
Massive enough to have become spherical, orbit the Sun,
has too many “friends” in its neighborhood that it has
not captured….
What are at least two conditions
that a planet must possess in
order for it to be considered
a planet?
4,4
Kuiper belt and /or Oort cloud
Size, orbits, what they are made from
Head(coma+nucleus)Tail
Where are most comets found?
How are comets different from
asteroids?
Name the three parts of a comet
5,1
Cooler regions on the sun’s surface/Prominences, flares
What exactly is a sunspot?
Name two features
that sunspot regions often create.
Describe what they are.
5,2
Tilted axis and revolution around Sun / iron oxide
covers its surface
What causes Mars to have
seasons? Why is Mars
called the “red” planet?
5,3
Name one feature for each
of the gas planets
5,4