Solar System Vocabulary

Solar System Vocabulary

By Alicia DAlessandro

Planets closer to the sun revolve around the sun faster..

Multiple Choice

Which planet has a LONGER year (period of Revolution)?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Pluto

​When the place we're at on Earth is FACING the sun - it's DAYTIME

​

When we're facing AWAY from the sun - it's NIGHT TIME​

​Every planet has a different length of day... how fast the planet is spinning determines it's length of day....

Multiple Choice

Who has a LONGER day (slower rotation?)

• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

Multiple Choice

If I wanted to know how long a day was on Venus - would I look at the Period of Rotation or the Period of Revolution?

• Period of Rotation

• Period of Revolution

Multiple Choice

If I wanted to know how long a YEAR was on Jupiter - would I look at the Period of Rotation or the Period of Revolution?

• Period of Rotation

• Period of Revolution

How we measure distances....

​This means

that Pluto

is 39.5 times

the distance

from the Earth

to the Sun

away!!​

(1AU =

93,000,000 miles!)​

Multiple Choice

Which measurement would we use to measure the distance between the Earth and Jupiter?

• Astronomical Units

• Light years

Multiple Choice

Which measurement would we use to measure the distance between the Earth the 2nd CLOSEST STAR (not our Sun) ?

• Astronomical Units

• Light years

Multiple Choice

Which measurement would we use to measure how far across the Milky Way galaxy is?

• Astronomical Units

• Light years