Solar System

Front

List all the Terrestrial Planets

Back

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Front

List all the Jovian (Outer) Planets

Back

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Front

List all the Inferior Planets

Back

Mercury, Venus

Front

List all the Superior Planets

Back

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Front

State Kepler's First Law of Planetary Orbit

Back

Each planet orbits the sun in an elliptical path

Front

Explain the difference between Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites

Back

1. Meteoroids are chunks of rocks that move about the Solar System before entering the atmosphere

3. Meteors are the rocks that burn up when entering the Earth’s atmosphere

Meteorites are the chunks of rocks that strikes the planet’s surface or moon

Front

List three characteristics of comets

Back

1. 1. Formed from frozen dust and gas

2. 2. Have tail that faces away from the Sun (due to Solar Winds) 

3. 3. Very elliptical orbit that can enter the Earth’s atmosphere

Front

List three characteristics of asteroids

Back

1. 1. Rocky bodies that vary in size and shape

2. 2. Movement is based on their revolution around the Sun

3. 3. Has its own orbit

4. 4. Found between Mars and Jupiter (Asteroid Belt)

Front

What is the most common element in the Sun?

1. a. Hydrogen

2. b. Helium

3. c. Oxygen

4. d. Carbon Dioxide

Back

a. Hydrogen

Front

What is Nuclear Fusion?

Back

A reaction that takes place in the Sun to convert hydrogen to helium and is how energy is made in the Sun