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Chapter 23: The Solar System Review
Terrestrial
Jovian
Which Planets?
Meaning
Location in the solar
system
Relative Temperatures
Relative Size
Density
Substances
Atmosphere
Rings?
1. Describe the most accepted theory of how the solar system formed:
a. Specifically, how did the sun form?
b. How did the planets form?
2. What percentage of the mass of our solar system is concentrated in the sun? _________
3. Why is it difficult to make scaled models for the solar system/space?
4. Why have scientists looked for evidence of liquid water on Mars?
5. What is a “shooting star”?.
6. What have scientists used to estimate the age of the solar system?
Name:__________________________________________ Block:__________
Definitions:
Nebula:______________________________________________________________________
Planetesimal:__________________________________________________________________
Escape Velocity:_______________________________________________________________
Dwarf Planet: _________________________________________________________________
Scaled Models: ________________________________________________________________
Asteroid: _____________________________________________________________________
 Where are they found?____________________________________________________
Comet: ______________________________________________________________________
 Where do they originate?__________________________________________________
 Parts:___________________________________________________________________
Meteoroid: ___________________________________________________________________
Meteor: ______________________________________________________________________
Meteorite: ___________________________________________________________________
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1. The kind of planet that Earth and
Mars are.
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9. Extensive dust storms change the
shades of this red planet.
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10. A hole in the ground caused by a
meteor hitting a planet.
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13. An outer layer of gases on a planet.
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15. Planet between Saturn and
Neptune.
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6. Star at the center of our solar
system.
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17. Another name for the Jovian
planets
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20. A rock that burns up in Earth's
atmosphere.
21. This planet rotates the fastest of all
the planets and a notable feature is its
“Great Red Spot.”
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2. Something that all Jovian planets have.
3. The only planet known to have life.
12. The atmosphere of this planet has created a
runaway greenhouse effect causing temperatures
up to 475°C
4. An instrument that scientists use to
observe planets.
14. The path that a planet takes around the sun.
5. Our galaxy.
16. One of many 'rocks' in a belt between Mars
and Jupiter.
6. Our sun is this.
17. The force that holds planets in their orbits.
7. This tiny member of the solar system has 5
18. Planet famous for its rings.
moons. Its largest, Charon, is over ½ its size.
19. An icy rock that has bright tail when it comes
8. Smallest planet in the solar system.
close to the sun.
11. Planet named after the sea god.
20. Earth's companion.
Solar System Matchup
Place the correct clue number in the box below the corresponding picture.
Sun
Jupiter
Asteroids
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
Comet
Earth
Mars
Neptune
Pluto
Meteoroid
Clues:
1. This planet is home to "Olympus Mons," the largest volcano found in the solar system.
2. Small rocky bodies mostly found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
3. This planet gets very hot due to a very thin atmosphere, and it has similar features to
Earth’s moon.
4. The third planet from the sun and the fifth largest planet.
5. A small particle that travels through space that is given modified names if it reaches
Earth’s atmosphere or Earth’s surface.
6. This planet has a very dense atmosphere and is similar to Earth in size & mass.
7. This is one of nearly twelve dwarf planets in our solar system.
8. This makes up about 99 percent of the solar system's mass.
9. This planet is covered by a giant ocean of liquid hydrogen.
10. This "Blue Planet” spins on a horizontal axis and has thin rings.
11. This is the windiest planet in our solar system & has a large storm called the “Great Dark
Spot.”
12. This planet is so light that if there were a bathtub big enough, it would float in water.
13. A piece of rock & ice that forms a tail when it approaches and the ices vaporize