Our Solar System and Celestial Objects

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Put these in order from largest to smallest:

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Super Cluster

Galaxy

Solar System

Planet

Satellite

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is the milky way?

• Spiral

• Irregular

• Nebula

• Hornell

Hotspot

What stage do you think is the beginning of our solar system?

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4.5 Billion years ago our solar system was a ​

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of gas and dust.



This gas and dust started to condense (triggered by a ​

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maybe).



The swirling debris created what we call a ​

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Clumps of ​

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started to stick to each other creating larger objects.



Most of the dust and debris was absorbed into the ​

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nebula

supernova

accretion disk.

debris

Sun.

asteroid belt.

creation disk.

solar storm

ice

Multiple Choice

Why is our solar system mostly empty today?

• The dust was blown away by solar winds created by the sun.

• The dust and planets where absorbed into the planets

• The dust and debris is now the asteroid belt

• The dust and debris is still there. Most of the solar system is still full.

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Multiple Choice

How much does matter does the earth compose of in the Solar System?

• Less than 1%

• 5%

• Over 50%

• 25%

Multiple Select

Which of these are qualifiers for planets?

• Must be a sphere

• Must orbit a star

• Must clear gravitational orbit

• Must be solid

• Must have moons

Open Ended

Do you think Pluto is a planet? Why or Why not?

Multiple Choice

What does terrestrial mean?

• Rocky Surface

• Gaseous Atmosphere

• Dense and Spherical

• Close to the Sun

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Spinning on an imaginary axis.

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The path around going around something.

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Going around something

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Revolution-

Orbit-

Rotation-

Sporting

Wobbling

Obliquity

Match

Match the following

• Period of Revolution

• Period of Rotation

• Axis

Year

Day

Imaginary

• Year

• Day

• Imaginary

Open Ended

Why is Mercury not the hottest planet, even though it is the closest?

Multiple Choice

Why is Venus known as Earth's Sister Planet?

• Because it is similar in size

• Because of the similar atmosphere

• Because of it is the closes planet

• Because it goes in the opposite direction of Earth.

Multiple Choice

Mars is the closest in size to Earth.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Most of Mars atmosphere was

• blown away by solar winds

• Frozen in the ice caps

• locked deep underground

• carried away by Xenu

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In between ​

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The made of asteroids, dust, and one minor planet (​

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)



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is the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt.



The entire ​

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of the asteroid belt only makes up about ​

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of the moon.

Formed from the remaining material after the planets formed in the solar system.

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Mars and Jupiter.

Ceres

4%

mass

dwarf planet

Corinthia

50%

size

planetesimal

Earth and Mars.

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- in atmosphere

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- On Earth

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- In space

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Options (17)

Sphere

Orbit the Sun

Cannot clear orbit

Clears the orbit

In the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt

Ceres

Gonggong

Makemake

Orcus

Sedna

Pluto

Maumea

Earth

Venus

Mars

Mercury

Explain to me the simularities and difference

Dwarf Planet

Both

Planet

Multiple Select

What are qualifiers for outer planets

• Terrestrial

• Gas

• Rings

• Have Moons

• Dense

Multiple Select

Moons of Jupiter

• Ganymede

• Calisto

• Europa

• Triton

• Corona

Multiple Choice

Saturn is the only outer planet with rings

• True, the others just have moons

• True, they are the larges rings

• False, Jupiter also has rings.

• False, they all have rings.

Multiple Choice

Uranus is

• a gas giant

• the largest planet

• the bluest planet

• changes its orbit

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order of planets:

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Open Ended

Make up a sentence to remember the planets. Like: My Very Educated Mom Just Sent Us Nachos.

Multiple Choice

Where are most of our dwarf planets?

• Kuiper Belt

• Trans-Neptunian belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Ice/Dust Belt

Labelling

Match the labels to the comets

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Orbit

Coma

Ion Tail

Nucleus

Dust Tail

Multiple Choice

What direction does the ion tail of comets go?

• Away from the sun

• Behind the comet following the orbit

• Towards the sun

• In front of the comet following the orbit

Open Ended

Explain what the Oort Cloud is?

Multiple Choice

What triggered the condensation of gas and dust in our solar system according to the Solar Nebula theory?

• Asteroid impact

• Supernova

• Black hole

• Solar flare

Multiple Choice

Which planet has the strongest winds in the solar system?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

• Uranus

Multiple Choice

What are Trans-Neptunian Objects?

• Objects located within the asteroid belt

• Objects beyond Neptune

• Moons of Neptune

Multiple Choice

How many moons does Jupiter have?

• 12

• 27

• 63

• 103

Multiple Select

What are factors that distinguish the Inner Planets from the Outer Planets? (select all that apply)

• Size

• Distance from each other

• Rings

• Composition

• Shape