Chapters 1-2—Welcome to the Solar System/The Sun

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 is 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in a (a)   called the 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒌𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒚. (𝟏)

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, people thought that (a)   was the 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 of the 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞. (𝟏)

What do some 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 in our 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 have 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 of? (𝟏)

(a)  

What is the 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 to 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡? (𝟏)

(a)  

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: a small 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 moving through a 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦

• comet

• meteoroid

• asteroid

• meteorite

Which 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭(𝐬) in our 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 have 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 around them?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

What allows the 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 to 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏'𝒔 _____

• light

• surface

• gravity

• orbit

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 is a(n) _____ 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 that 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬 one 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 another object.

• glowing

• invisible

• scattered

• spinning

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬, 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, and 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 make up the (a)   𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 within our 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. (𝟏)

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 has the 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 (a)   around the 𝐒𝐮𝐧. (𝟏)