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64 Cards in this Set
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Neptune has a giant storm, about the size of earth, called the Great Dark Spot |
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The clouds covering uranus are a greenish color |
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Jupiter rotates faster than any other planet in the solar system |
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Mercury is a terrestrial planet |
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Mars has polar ice caps |
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astronomers believe that jupiter's great red spot is a atmospheric storm |
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Galileo's observations confirmed the validity of a heliocentric solar system model |
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a gas giant has a _____________ atmosphere |
thick / large |
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What is another name for the gas giant planets? |
jovian planets |
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The Valles Marineris is a large canyon on the surface of |
Mars |
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The solar system began as a |
nebula |
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a gas giant has_____ satellites than a terrestrial planet. |
more |
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______ proposed a heliocentric model of the solar system |
Copernicus |
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The name of the planet closest to the sun is |
Mercury |
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The most distinguishing feature of Saturn is the presence of |
volcanos |
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A ____________ model of the solar system has earth at the center |
geocentric |
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All of the planets in the solar system orbit around ______ |
the sun |
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________ is the only planet tilted on its side |
Uranus |
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The inner planets are sometimes called |
terrestrial |
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Earth is on of many _______ in the solar system |
planets |
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Saturn is known for having the most extensive ________________ in the solar system |
Ring system |
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Almost all of the visible water on Mars appears to be trapped in |
Polar ice caps |
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The least dense planet in the solar system is |
Saturn |
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The solar system is held together by |
gravity |
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_______ is the closest star to earth |
The Sun |
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The planets closest to the sun are called |
inner or terrestrial |
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The solar system is thought to be ______ years old. |
4.6 billion |
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Planets are kept in their orbits by the gravitational attractions of ______ |
the sun |
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The process that caused early earth to form 3 distinct layers |
differentiation |
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a small body from which a planet organized in the solar systems early development |
planetesimal |
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a rotating cloud of gas and dust that gave rise to earth's solar system |
solar nebula |
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a larger body formed when planetesimals joined together |
protoplanet |
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the process responsible for forming earth's early atmosphere |
outgassing |
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a planet that is made of solid rock and has impact craters and a metallic core; another name for inner planets |
terrestrial planets |
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a region just beyond the orbit of neptune; contains many small bodies made mostly of ice |
Kuiper belt |
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the only planet with the proper combination of water, atmosphere, and temperature to support life |
Earth |
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the planet closest to the sun: has a hot, heavily-cratered surface |
Mercury |
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a planet with massive volcanoes and canyons; seasons are similar to earth's |
Mars |
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a planet similar to earth in size, mass, and density |
venus |
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a large planet with a deep and massive gaseous atmosphere; less dense than a terrestrial planet |
Mercury |
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a ring of debris that separates the inner planets form the outer planets |
astroid belts |
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the largest planet in the solar system; has altering light and dark bands |
Jupiter |
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a planet whose atmospheric contains a large amount of methane and has at least 8 moons |
Neptune |
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a planet with a complex ring system made of dust and icy debris |
Saturn |
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a planet that rotates on its side and its atmosphere contains a large amount of methane |
Uranus |
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-Heavily cratered -only slightly larger than earths moon -smaller than ganymede and titan ( largest moons in solar system) |
Mercury |
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Heavy cloud cover of sulfuric acid retrograde motion (e to w) Day longer than year |
Venus |
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Oceans of water supports life most dense |
Earth |
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most geologically similar to earth has volcanoes mountains and valleys seasons like earth polar ice caps |
Mars |
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largest rotates fastest bands of colored clouds rotated at different speeds Characteristic red spot |
Jupiter |
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2nd largest least dense complex ring system 2 times its diameter bands of colored |
Saturn |
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3rd largest retrograde motion (rotates on its side) Blue- green color indicates CH 4 |
Uranus |
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4th largest strongest winds great dark spot (size of earth) Blue green indicates CH 4 |
Neptune |
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Formerly 9th and smallest planet made of frozen methane, rock, and ice |
Pluto |
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all gas giants... |
1. dense core surrounded by liquid metallic hydrogen under thick atmosphere 2. all four gas giants have rings made of dust and gas |
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the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it |
solar system |
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any of the primary bodies that orbit the sun; a similar body that orbits another star |
planet |
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a rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed; also any nebula from which stars and planets may form |
solar nebula |
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a small body from which a planet originated in the early stages of development of the solar system |
planetesimal |
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the time required for a body to complete a single orbit
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orbital period |
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the tendency of an object to resist being moved of, if the object is moving, to resist a charge in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object |
intertia |
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one of the highly dense planets nearest to the sun; mercury, venus, mars, and earth |
Terrestrial planet |
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a planet that has a deep massive atmosphere, such as jupiter, saturn, uranus, or neptune |
gas giant |
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a region of the solar system that is just beyond the orbit of neptune and that contains small bodies made mostly of ice
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Kuiper belt |
