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How many plants are in our solar system
How many of the plants are gas
Why are there gas plants and rocky plan…
what is a solar nebula
9 planets
4 of the plants are gas
There are both gas plants and rocky plants because of how the…
it is a massive cloud of gas and dust that forms our solar sys…
How many plants are in our solar system
9 planets
How many of the plants are gas
4 of the plants are gas
The sun
The sun is made up of.....
The Sun is how old?
How many layers does the Sun have?
A typical medium sized star in the center of our solar system…
73% of hydrogen and 25% helium with the rest are heavier metal…
4.5 billion years old
6 main layers
The sun
A typical medium sized star in the center of our solar system…
The sun is made up of.....
73% of hydrogen and 25% helium with the rest are heavier metal…
Heliocentric model
Geocentric model
Planet
Star
Model of the solar system with the Sun at the center
Model of the solar system with the Earth at the center
Orbits a star... Is round in shape... Can clear its orbit of other o…
Hot, glowing sphere of gas
Heliocentric model
Model of the solar system with the Sun at the center
Geocentric model
Model of the solar system with the Earth at the center
star
artificial satellite
light-year
1 light year =
an enormous, spinning sphere of glowing gases that gives off h…
a HUMAN MADE satellite used for research, communication, weath…
the distance light can travel in a year
5.9 trillion miles
star
an enormous, spinning sphere of glowing gases that gives off h…
artificial satellite
a HUMAN MADE satellite used for research, communication, weath…
proposed a heliocentric universe
explains the physics that cause planets…
planets orbit around the sun counterclo…
observed that planets appear to be movi…
Nicolas copernicus
Nicolas copernicus
Nicolas copernicus
ancient greeks
proposed a heliocentric universe
Nicolas copernicus
explains the physics that cause planets…
Nicolas copernicus
Was is the sun composed of?
Define Solar Flare
Sunspot
What causes the formation of auroras?
70% hydrogen... 28% helium... 2% metals
When temperatures increase in the chromosphere, loops of hot g…
Dark spots on sun that are cooler than the surface around them
When solar winds distort earth's magnetic field
Was is the sun composed of?
70% hydrogen... 28% helium... 2% metals
Define Solar Flare
When temperatures increase in the chromosphere, loops of hot g…
List order of the planets from closest…
What is the shape of the orbits the pla…
why do our planets stay in orbit around…
what is the distance from the earth to…
mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune
Ellipse
Suns gravitational pull because of the mass. Greater mass mean…
223,000 miles
List order of the planets from closest…
mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune
What is the shape of the orbits the pla…
Ellipse
Photosphere
Prominence
Solar wind
Sunspot
The surface of the Sun
Large eruptions or loops of flaming gas from the Sun's surface
A constant stream of particles that flow into space from the S…
Dark, cooler areas of the Sun's photosphere
Photosphere
The surface of the Sun
Prominence
Large eruptions or loops of flaming gas from the Sun's surface
Photosphere
Prominence
Solar wind
Sunspot
Surface of Sun
Large eruptions or loops of flaming gas from the surface of th…
Constant stream of particles that flow into space from the Sun
Dark, cooler areas of the Sun's photosphere
Photosphere
Surface of Sun
Prominence
Large eruptions or loops of flaming gas from the surface of th…
planet
orbit
Mercury
Venus
an object that orbits the Sun, has a nearly spherical shape, a…
the path an object follows as it moves around another object
1st planet from the Sun; smallest planet in the solar system
2nd planet from the Sun; about the same size as Earth
planet
an object that orbits the Sun, has a nearly spherical shape, a…
orbit
the path an object follows as it moves around another object
What is an astronomical unit?
What are the two types of planets?
What are characteristics of terrestrial…
What are the characteristics of Jovian…
The distance of the Earth to the Sun
Terrestrial / Inner & Jovian / Outer / Gas Giants
Small, Rocky, High Density, Slow Rotation
Large, Gaseous, Low Density, Quick Rotation
What is an astronomical unit?
The distance of the Earth to the Sun
What are the two types of planets?
Terrestrial / Inner & Jovian / Outer / Gas Giants
Theory of how the universe was formed
Earth centered model of the solar system
Sun centered model of the solar system
Discovered that Venus goes though phases
Big Bang Theory
Geocentric system
Heliocentric system
Galileo
Theory of how the universe was formed
Big Bang Theory
Earth centered model of the solar system
Geocentric system
solar system
planet
dwarf planet
nebular hypothesis
the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit aroun…
An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become r…
An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cl…
a model for the origin of the solar system that assumes a rota…
solar system
the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit aroun…
planet
An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become r…
Photosphere
Prominence
Solar wind
Sunspot
The surface of the Sun
Large eruptions or loops of flaming gas from the Sun's surface
A constant stream of particles that flow into space from the S…
Dark, cooler areas of the Sun's photosphere
Photosphere
The surface of the Sun
Prominence
Large eruptions or loops of flaming gas from the Sun's surface
As the wavelength of light increases, i…
What is a supernova?
The smaller the eccentricity, the more…
What star category has the most stars?
increases
an explosion
1). circular ... 2). oval
main sequence
As the wavelength of light increases, i…
increases
What is a supernova?
an explosion
The Inner Solar System Planets have all…
The Solar System non-planetary items in…
Explain which definition matches Meteor…
Using the Link, Explain the similar cha…
1. Rocky Surfaces 2. Molten or former Molten Cores 3. Small in…
1. Comets 2. Meterors 3. Asteroids 4. Dwarf Planets
Using this link to help you find and then explain the differen…
http://www.universetoday.com/33506/gas-giants/
The Inner Solar System Planets have all…
1. Rocky Surfaces 2. Molten or former Molten Cores 3. Small in…
The Solar System non-planetary items in…
1. Comets 2. Meterors 3. Asteroids 4. Dwarf Planets
Geocentric
Heliocentric
What is a heliocentric system?
How did the universe begin?
The Greeks had a geocentric view—they thought the Earth was a…
Aristarchus was the first Greek to believe in the heliocentric…
Copernicus proposed a ... heliocentric view of the solar system—t…
The current understanding of the how the universe began is des…
Geocentric
The Greeks had a geocentric view—they thought the Earth was a…
Heliocentric
Aristarchus was the first Greek to believe in the heliocentric…
geocentric
heliocentric
ellipse
solar system
A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the…
A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other plane…
A elongated circle, or oval shape, the shape of the planets or…
sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around th…
geocentric
A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the…
heliocentric
A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other plane…
Solar system
Nebulas
Solar nebula
Planetesimals
Composed of thw sun(a star) and the planets and other bidies t…
Dust and gas clump together in huge interstellar clouds
The name of the nebula that formed into our own solar system
Bits of dust within the solar
Solar system
Composed of thw sun(a star) and the planets and other bidies t…
Nebulas
Dust and gas clump together in huge interstellar clouds
Geocentric
Heliocentric
Ellipse
Core
System based on an Earth-centered model.
System based on a sun-centered model.
An oval shape that may be elongated or nearly circular.
Central region.
Geocentric
System based on an Earth-centered model.
Heliocentric
System based on a sun-centered model.
geocentric
heliocentric
ellipse
inertia
A description of the solar system in which all of the planets…
A description of the solar system in which all of the planets…
An elongated circle, or oval shape - it is the shape of the pl…
The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line…
geocentric
A description of the solar system in which all of the planets…
heliocentric
A description of the solar system in which all of the planets…
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
Moon Phases
Spring Tides
Passing of the Moon BETWEEN the Earth and the Sun
Passing of the Moon THROUGH the Earth's shadow
The changing shapes of the moon that occur because of the posi…
Occur during New Moon and Full Moons - have the strongest grav…
Solar Eclipse
Passing of the Moon BETWEEN the Earth and the Sun
Lunar Eclipse
Passing of the Moon THROUGH the Earth's shadow
Day
Year
Month
Counterclockwise
The amount of time it takes for Earth to rotate on it's axis o…
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around th…
The amount of time it takes for the moon to revolve around the…
movement in the opposite direction of the hands of a clock.
Day
The amount of time it takes for Earth to rotate on it's axis o…
Year
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around th…