Space Vocabulary - Primary Grades Class Page
... It is a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path around the sun (An object moving around a star.) ...
... It is a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path around the sun (An object moving around a star.) ...
File - Teaching Through E
... • Sometimes referred to as the Red Planet • Even though Mars is much smaller than Earth, its surface area is about the same as the land surface area of Earth. ...
... • Sometimes referred to as the Red Planet • Even though Mars is much smaller than Earth, its surface area is about the same as the land surface area of Earth. ...
Chapter 27 – The Planets and the Solar System
... Because of their Earth like appearance they are also known as terrestrial planets ...
... Because of their Earth like appearance they are also known as terrestrial planets ...
Our Solar System
... points of light that moved among the stars. The Greeks named the five points of light — called planetos, or wanderers — after their gods. The Romans later translated the names into Latin — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn — and these are the names astronomers use today. Planetary features a ...
... points of light that moved among the stars. The Greeks named the five points of light — called planetos, or wanderers — after their gods. The Romans later translated the names into Latin — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn — and these are the names astronomers use today. Planetary features a ...
This Week in Science
... has occurred GalileanA Moons, Meteors, Asteriods, and Comets The Galilean Moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei. Meteros are sometimes called “shooting stars” because they are a streak of light formed by a space rock burning up as is plunges through Earth’s atmosp ...
... has occurred GalileanA Moons, Meteors, Asteriods, and Comets The Galilean Moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei. Meteros are sometimes called “shooting stars” because they are a streak of light formed by a space rock burning up as is plunges through Earth’s atmosp ...
Warm-Up
... H2O, CO2, Methane, & Ammonia. “dirty snowballs” • Comets found in Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune as solid body called nucleus. • When a comet travels in orbit close to sun (near Jupiter), it heats & solar wind forms a Coma (tail-gas & dust). ...
... H2O, CO2, Methane, & Ammonia. “dirty snowballs” • Comets found in Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune as solid body called nucleus. • When a comet travels in orbit close to sun (near Jupiter), it heats & solar wind forms a Coma (tail-gas & dust). ...
SolarSystemPowerPoint
... • Evidence that water was there at one time • Volcanic history like Earth. • It has the tallest mount of the planets (Olympus Mons) 3x’s size of Mt. Everest. ...
... • Evidence that water was there at one time • Volcanic history like Earth. • It has the tallest mount of the planets (Olympus Mons) 3x’s size of Mt. Everest. ...
solar system study guide
... The sun is composed of layers – core, radiative zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, corona The corona is hotter than the surface of the sun The sun is the closest star to us The sun is the center of our solar system and provides light and energy ...
... The sun is composed of layers – core, radiative zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, corona The corona is hotter than the surface of the sun The sun is the closest star to us The sun is the center of our solar system and provides light and energy ...
Astronomy Review Worksheet-2
... __________ 21. How does the air pressure on Mars compare with that on Earth? a. The air pressure is about the same as on Earth. c. The air pressure is lower on Mars. b. The air pressure is greater on Mars. d. The air pressure is lower on Earth. __________ 22. What evidence suggests that there was on ...
... __________ 21. How does the air pressure on Mars compare with that on Earth? a. The air pressure is about the same as on Earth. c. The air pressure is lower on Mars. b. The air pressure is greater on Mars. d. The air pressure is lower on Earth. __________ 22. What evidence suggests that there was on ...
Document
... Gravitational energy of contracting gas to thermal energy is “KelvinHelmholtz contraction” ...
... Gravitational energy of contracting gas to thermal energy is “KelvinHelmholtz contraction” ...
The solar system - Secondary Education
... Mars and Jupiter, was also declared a dwarf planet. The third and final (for now!) dwarf planet is Eris, an icy body on the edge of our Solar System that was discovered recently in 2005. Eris was temporarily labeled 2003 UB313 when it was first discovered, and given the nickname "Xena", before astro ...
... Mars and Jupiter, was also declared a dwarf planet. The third and final (for now!) dwarf planet is Eris, an icy body on the edge of our Solar System that was discovered recently in 2005. Eris was temporarily labeled 2003 UB313 when it was first discovered, and given the nickname "Xena", before astro ...
The Solar System Song - Sing-A
... The sun’s a star in the Milky Way spinnin’ with the galaxy And the planets orbit ‘round the sun with great velocity. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, the inner planets go Jupiter, Saturn, U-ran-us, Neptune, NOT Pluto! The Solar System, eight planets ‘round the sun Ro-tating and revolving too In orbit ...
... The sun’s a star in the Milky Way spinnin’ with the galaxy And the planets orbit ‘round the sun with great velocity. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, the inner planets go Jupiter, Saturn, U-ran-us, Neptune, NOT Pluto! The Solar System, eight planets ‘round the sun Ro-tating and revolving too In orbit ...
SNC1PL Celestial Objects and Constellations
... Dwarf planets orbit around the Sun, but do not dominate their orbit There are 5 recognized dwarf planets: ...
... Dwarf planets orbit around the Sun, but do not dominate their orbit There are 5 recognized dwarf planets: ...
... H. A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice. I. The region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are controlled by that object's magnetic field J. The apparent shi ...
Pacing Our Solar System
... Pacing Our Solar System The chart below gives the scaled sizes and distances of the planets if the Sun were the size of a softball. Using these numbers, mark the distances in the model of planetary orbits, as instructed. One very large stride is roughly equal to a meter. As you can see, most of spac ...
... Pacing Our Solar System The chart below gives the scaled sizes and distances of the planets if the Sun were the size of a softball. Using these numbers, mark the distances in the model of planetary orbits, as instructed. One very large stride is roughly equal to a meter. As you can see, most of spac ...
Shooting Stars - Pepperscience
... 70 metres long - includes 623 people, 202 horses, 41 ships and 55 dogs ...
... 70 metres long - includes 623 people, 202 horses, 41 ships and 55 dogs ...
Solar System - ppt
... elements like H and He boiled away. All that was left were the Terrestrial heavier, rocky, metallic elements. They are called _________ Planets. Mercury Venus, Earth and ________. Mars They include __________, ...
... elements like H and He boiled away. All that was left were the Terrestrial heavier, rocky, metallic elements. They are called _________ Planets. Mercury Venus, Earth and ________. Mars They include __________, ...
Life: Definition, Origin, Criteria
... billions of years • Less than 1.5 times massive than the Sun; otherwise too much UV • More than 0.3 times the mass of the Sun; large warm region near the star for liquid water • Limited to no more than 10 billion stars ...
... billions of years • Less than 1.5 times massive than the Sun; otherwise too much UV • More than 0.3 times the mass of the Sun; large warm region near the star for liquid water • Limited to no more than 10 billion stars ...
Life Cycles of Stars
... megatons/second • Let’s relate that to human scales. What would that be at one kilometer distance? • 77 x 1015 tons/(150 x 106km)2 = 3 tons • Picture a truckload of explosives a km away giving off a one-second burst of heat and light to rival the Sun ...
... megatons/second • Let’s relate that to human scales. What would that be at one kilometer distance? • 77 x 1015 tons/(150 x 106km)2 = 3 tons • Picture a truckload of explosives a km away giving off a one-second burst of heat and light to rival the Sun ...
Survey of the Solar Systems
... Rocky Asteroids - mostly found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ...
... Rocky Asteroids - mostly found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ...
Definition of planet
The definition of planet, since the word was coined by the ancient Greeks, has included within its scope a wide range of celestial bodies. Greek astronomers employed the term asteres planetai (ἀστέρες πλανῆται), ""wandering stars"", for star-like objects which apparently moved over the sky. Over the millennia, the term has included a variety of different objects, from the Sun and the Moon to satellites and asteroids.By the end of the 19th century the word planet, though it had yet to be defined, had become a working term applied only to a small set of objects in the Solar System. After 1992, however, astronomers began to discover many additional objects beyond the orbit of Neptune, as well as hundreds of objects orbiting other stars. These discoveries not only increased the number of potential planets, but also expanded their variety and peculiarity. Some were nearly large enough to be stars, while others were smaller than Earth's moon. These discoveries challenged long-perceived notions of what a planet could be.The issue of a clear definition for planet came to a head in 2005 with the discovery of the trans-Neptunian object Eris, a body more massive than the smallest then-accepted planet, Pluto. In its 2006 response, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), recognised by astronomers as the world body responsible for resolving issues of nomenclature, released its decision on the matter. This definition, which applies only to the Solar System, states that a planet is a body that orbits the Sun, is massive enough for its own gravity to make it round, and has ""cleared its neighbourhood"" of smaller objects around its orbit. Under this new definition, Pluto and the other trans-Neptunian objects do not qualify as planets. The IAU's decision has not resolved all controversies, and while many scientists have accepted the definition, some in the astronomical community have rejected it outright.