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

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

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

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

What is the 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 to 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡? (𝟏)

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 _____ 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 within our 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. (𝟏)

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