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Lesson 2: The Solar System Flashcards

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1
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This is the center of the solar system

A

Sun

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2
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The sun mostly consists of these 2 elements

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hydrogen and helium

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3
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This is the process that releases the Sun’s energy.

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nuclear fusion

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4
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The sun accounts for __% of our solar system’s mass

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99%

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5
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What is the biggest planet in the milky way?

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Jupiter

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What are the 8 planets

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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7
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This is known as the dwarf planet

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Pluto

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What are the planets that don’t have moons?

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Mercury and Venus

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9
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How long does it take for the earth to travel around the sun?

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365 days

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10
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How many moons does Jupiter have?

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63

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11
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Moons are called natural _____

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satellites

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A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.

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orbit

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13
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What do planets orbit?

A

Sun

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14
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This theory suggests that the universe began with a huge explosion

A

The Big Bang Theory

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15
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When was the universe created?

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10-15 billion years ago

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16
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When was the Sun and the other planets created?

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5 billion years ago

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17
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When did earliest life forms appear on earth

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3.8 billion years ago

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18
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The earliest plants and animals appeared _______ years ago

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700 million

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19
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When did dinosaurs become extinct?

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65 million years ago

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20
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When did modern humans appear

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100,000 years ago

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21
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In 150 AD, who suggested that the Sun is the center of the Solar System?

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Ptolemy

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In 1533 AD, who created a model of the solar system in which the Sun is at the center and the planets move in circles?

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Copernicus

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23
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Did the planets spin in Copernicus’ model?

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No

24
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A book that suggests planets move in elliptical orbits

A

Astronomia nova

25
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Who published the Astronomia nova?

A

Johannes Kepler

26
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Who pioneered the use of the telescope?

A

Galileo Galilei

27
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This was launched to provide views that cannot be seen by regular telescopes

A

Hubble Space Telescope

28
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What is the shape of the planets’ orbit?

A

Elliptical

29
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In which direction do planets revolve around the sun?

A

counterclockwise

30
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Two kinds of planets

A

Terrestrial and Jovian

31
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Which planets are terrestrial?

A

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

32
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Which planets are Jovian

A

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

33
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Are craters seen on jovian planets?

A

No. They don’t have a solid surface.

34
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(T/F) All jovian planets have rings.

A

true. Not only Saturn

35
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Small objects made of rocks that evolve around the Sun. They are also known as planetoids or minor planets.

A

Asteroids

36
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Mostly in highly elliptical orbits, occasionally coming close to the Sun

A

Comets

37
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Small dust grains throughout the solar system

A

Meteoroids

38
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meteoroid that enters the Earth’s atmosphere that produces a streak of light

A

Meteor

39
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portion of meteoroid or asteroid that hits the ground without being destroyed

A

Meteorite

40
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A swarm of trillions of comet nuclei

A

Oort cloud

41
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These are natural objects that orbit around the planets.

A

Satellite

42
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It is a motion opposite to the Earth and other planets’ turn.

A

Retrograde

43
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It is a disc-shaped region of icy bodies including dwarf

planets and comets beyond the orbit of Neptune.

A

Kuiper Belt

44
Q

It occupies the orbit between Mars and Jupiter which

is made of rocks and stone.

A

Asteroid Belt

45
Q

What theory: Hydrogen and other gases swirled around and condensed into our Sun and planets

A

Nebular hypothesis

46
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What theory: One day the sun burst open and planets and moons shot out and went to their respective places

A

Fission theory

47
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What theory: Planets and moons were flying around and they were captured by the Sun

A

Capture theory

48
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What theory: space dust and rock chunks formed the planets and moons.

A

Accretion theory

49
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What theory: Our world collided with a small planet and the rocks from the explosion became the moon

A

Planetary Collision theory

50
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What theory: Our planets, moon, and stars spun off from the collision between stars

A

Stellar Collision theory

51
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What theory: Gas clouds were captured by the Sun and became planets and moons

A

Gas Cloud theory

52
Q

Planet formation starts with clumping together of grains of solid matter:

A

planetesimals

53
Q

Planetesimal grow through ______ and _______

A

condensation and

accretion

54
Q

Which model of the Solar System says that the earth is at the center of the cosmos or universe, and the planets, the sun and the moon, and the stars circles around it

A

Geocentric model

55
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Which model of the solar system consider the sun as the center, and the planets revolve around the sun

A

Heliocentric model

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