WorksheetsChapter 28 Vocabulary - Earth Science
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Distances in space are measured in
Astronomical Unit
Meter
Planetesimals
Eccentricity
Clouds around Jupiter that are low, warm, and dark. They sink!
Belt
Comet
Scarps
Meteor
A ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis of an ellipse; a calculation to determine the percentage of deviation from a circle
eccentricity
ellipse
zones
scarps
The shape of the planets' orbitals around the Sun
Eccentricity
Belts
Ellipse
Zones
The large planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Terrestrial
Gas Giants
Dwarf Planet
Planetesimals
A form of hydrogen with the properties of a liquid and a metal; core of Jupiter
Scarps
Meteor
Liquid Metallic Hydrogen
Planetesimals
Colliding particles in the early solar system that formed our planets
Belts
Planetesimals
Comets
Scarps
The apparent backward movement of a planet; led to the geocentric model
retrograde motion
astronomical unit
eccentricity
scarps
The system of cliffs on a planet
comet
meteor
terrestrial
scarps
The four inner planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Gas Giants
Dwarf Planet
Terrestrial
Planetesimals
Small, icy body that has a head and a tail
meteor
Dwarf planet
Comet
Meteoroid
Must orbit the Sun; be nearly spherical; has not cleared the orbit of debris
Comet
Meteoroid
Dwarf Planet
Planetesimals
The streak of light produced by a meteoroid
Scarps
Meteor
Satellite
Meteoroid
A meteoroid that hits the ground
Asteroid
Comet
Meteoroid
Meteorite
An asteroid fragment
meteoroid
comet
planetesimals
satellite
A body that orbits another; a moon
satellite
comet
scarp
meteor
The particles of a comet's trail that burn up in our atmosphere
comet
asteroid
meteor shower
zones
An area of rock and ice outside Neptune's orbit
Zones
Belts
Meteor Shower
Kuiper Belt
Must orbit the Sun; be nearly spherical; has cleared its orbit of debris
Comet
Planetesimals
Planet
Satellite
High, cool, light-colored clouds over Jupiter
belts
zones
scarps
satellite
