Chapters 5-6—Not Just Planets/Exploring the Solar System

What 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 did 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 put 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐨 in? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: (a)   𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 (𝟏)

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: an 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 that 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 through the 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 and 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝

• meteoroid

• meteor

• shooting star

• meteorite

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Most 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 in the 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭 between _____ and _____.

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mercury

What are 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐬? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 _____

• rock

• gas

• ice

• dust

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The 𝐊𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 (a)   is the next part of the 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 after 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞. (𝟏)

How 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 does it take to 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 to 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 by 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: _____ 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

What 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 was 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 in the 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎𝐬?

• spacecraft

• satellite

• telescope

• thermometer

What type of 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 can 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩?

• radio waves

• X-rays

• ultraviolet

• gramma rays

What was the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 ever 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: _____ 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒆

• Sputnik

• Hubble

• Global Surveyor

• New Horizons

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 has the 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 _____ in our 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦.

• volcano

• moon

• ocean

• orbit