Solar System Intro Part 3

What is a heliocentric model of the solar system?

• A model with the sun in the middle.

• A model with the Earth in the middle.

• A model with Mars in the middle.

• A model with a spinning disk in the middle.

What is a geocentric model of the solar system?

• A model with the sun in the middle.

• A model with the Earth in the middle.

• A model with Mars in the middle.

• A model with a spinning disk in the middle.

What is an AU?

• Astronomical Unit

• The unit astronomers use to measure distances in space.

• 150,000,000 km

• A country in the European Union.

Select all of the qualifications for a body to be a planet.

• Rounded by its own gravity

• Orbit the sun

• Cleared the path of its orbit

• Have life

Select all of the general characteristics of inner planets?

• small

• rocky

• icy

• made of gas

Select all of the general characteristics of outer planets?

• large

• rocky

• icy

• made of gas

What is at the center of our solar system?

• The Earth

• The sun

• A moon

• A blackhole

Select all the features of the sun.

• maria

• sunspots

• prominences

• solar flares

Which are the inner regions, or zones, of the sun?

• corona

• core

• radiation zone

• convection zone

Which are the parts of the sun's atmosphere?

• convection zone

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• corona