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Name: Period: Date: Chapter 16: Our Solar System Reading Log Day/Date Title/pages Parent Guardian Signature (in pen!!) A solar system is born pp. 472-479 The inner planets pp. 480-485 The outer planets pp 486-491 Moons pp. 492-499 Small bodies in the Solar System pp. 500-505 *Write summary/thoughts on the back of this page. You should write 2-4 sentences for each section in your own words! _____ 1. Which of the following words means “the thing from which something else comes”? a. fusion c. attraction b. source d. force _____ 8. In the process of nuclear fusion, four hydrogen nuclei fuse to form a nucleus of a. calcium. b. sodium. c. helium. d. magnesium. _____ 9. In which layer of the sun does nuclear fusion take place? 1 Name: Period: Date: a. corona b. photosphere c. convective zone d. core _____ 10. Which of the following planets is located one astronomical unit from the sun? a. Mercury b. Earth c. Mars d. Jupiter _____ 11. Which of the following terrestrial planets has retrograde rotation? a. Mercury b. Venus c. Earth d. Mars _____ 12. Which of the following planets in the outer solar system is tipped on its side? a. Jupiter c. Uranus b. Saturn d. Neptune _____ 13. Which of the following moons of Jupiter is volcanically active? a. Callisto b. Io c. Ganymede d. Europa _____ 14. Small, rocky bodies that orbit the sun in nearly circular orbits are called a. asteroids. b. meteoroids. c. comets. d. meteorites. The diagram below models the moon’s orbit around Earth as viewed from above the South Pole. Use the diagram to answer the next question. ______ 15. What term describes the motion of the moon that is shown in the diagram? a. prograde rotation c. .retrograde rotation b. prograde revolution d. retrograde revolution 2