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SOLAR SYSTEM REVIEW
• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW…
• TWO WAYS OUR MODELS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAS CHANGED
• THE MODEL OF OUR CURRENT SOLAR SYSTEM
• THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AND LOCATION OF COMETS, ASTEROIDS,
AND METEOROIDS.
• HW: QUIZ FRIDAY
VOCABULARY
• ELLIPSE: OVAL SHAPE OF THE PLANET ORBITS
• ORBIT/REVOLUTION: TO MOVE AROUND AN OBJECT
• ROTATION: TO SPIN ON AN AXIS
• COMET: CELESTIAL OBJECT MADE OF ICE DUST AND ROCK THAT ORBITS THE SUN.
• ASTEROIDS: LARGE ROCKS IN SPACE
• METEOROIDS: BROKEN PIECES OF ASTEROIDS AND COMETS
• METEOR: ROCK THAT STREAKS ACROSS THE ATMOSPHERE
• METEORITE: PIECE OF ROCK FROM SPACE THAT REACHES EARTH’S SURFACE.
DIFFERENCE IN MODELS
• WE USED TO THINK…
• NOW WE KNOW…
• EVERYTHING IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
REVOLVED AROUND EARTH
• THE SUN IS IN THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM.
• PLANETS AND THE SUN REVOLVED IN LITTLE
CIRCLES IN BIG CIRCLES (CORKSCREW
SHAPED)
• OUR PLANETS REVOLVE IN ELLIPSES.
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM STARTING FROM THE SUN.
• MY……MERCURY
• VERY…..VENUS
• ENERGETIC…..EARTH
• MOTHER…..MARS
• JUST…..JUPITER
• SERVED….SATURN
• US……URANUS
• NACHOS…..NEPTUNE
INNER PLANETS
VS.
OUTER PLANETS
• HOT
• COLD
• SMALL
• LARGE
• NO RINGS
• RINGS
• CLOSE TOGETHER
• FAR APART
• REVOLVE QUICKLY
• REVOLVE SLOWLY
• CLOSE TO SUN
• FAR FROM SUN
COMETS
• MADE OF ICE, GAS, AND DUST
• FOUND BEYOND PLUTO IN THE OORT CLOUD
• REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN.
• HAS A TAIL AND COMA
ASTEROID
VS.
METEOROID
BOTH IN SPACE
• LARGE ROCK OR METAL IN SPACE
• FOUND IN THE ASTEROID BELT BETWEEN
MARS AND JUPITER.
• BROKEN PIECE OF ASTEROIDS AND
COMETS (SMALLER).
• FOUND IN THE ASTEROID BELT BETWEEN
MARS AND JUPITER.
METEORS
• METEOROID THAT REACHES THE
ATMOSPHERE.
• SHOOTING STARS
VS
METEORITE
• METEOR THAT REACHES EARTH’S SURFACE.