Solar System Set

mass and distance

2 factors that influence a pull of an object?

Geocentric is when scientists thought everything went around earth, while heliocentric is the correct way everything orbits around the sun.

What are the geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system? Which astronomer helped lead us to the heliocentric model?

a space object mostly rock

What is a Astroid ?

Venus

Which planet is about the same size and density as Earth?

Venus/ because it has a thick atmosphere and traps greenhouse gases.

Which planet is the hottest and why?

Mercury

Which planet is very hot during the day, but very cold at night?

It decreses

how does tempeture change as you move farther from the sun?

mercury, veunus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn uranis, and neptune.

order planets from the sun outwords

jupiter, saturn, uranis, neptune, earth, venus, mars, and , mrcury.

order the planets largest to smallest

beetween mars and jupiter

were would you find the astroid belt?

outside neptune

were would you find the kuper belt?

ozo zone, magnetic fuild, and green house gases

what are earths 3 sheilds?

Commets, ice

what are the objects in the kuiper belt made up of ?

astroids, rock

what are the ojects in the astroid belt made up of?

Space between galaxies is spreading apart, cosmic microwave background radiation looking back in time when galaxies were far away.

what evidence do we have of the big bang?

Icem tail pointed away from the sun

what is a Commet?

Burning up of rock because friction

what is a meteor?

space object that hits earths surface

what is a meteorite

mercury

what planet has evidence of liquid water? (not earth)

jupiter

where would you find the Great Red Storm?

very end of the solar system

where would you find the ort cloud?

uranis

which planet apperes to roll around the sun because it is tiped on it's axis.

Neptune

which planet has the Great Dark Spot

Mars, we want to land there because it is the only planet that has tempetures suitible for humans. mars is red because of rust.

which planet is known as the red planet? why do we want to land here?

inner

which planets are dense? inner or outer?

saturn

which planets is known for its rings? remember all of the outer planets have rings though.

uranis and neptune

wich 2 planets are blue due to methane gas in the atmosphere?

mars

wich planet averages - 55c, and has frozen polor ice caps, and a thin atmosphere with a lot of carbin dioxide?