Solar System Flashcards
What is a revolution?
How it revolves around earth
What dwarf planet used to be a planet?
Pluto
What is the smallest planet?
Mercury
What are the four inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What am I describing- reddish loops of gas that project from the surface of the sun like fingers
Prominences
Name the planets in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
What am I describing- small dark spots on the sun’s surface
Sunspots
What is the saying that helps you remember the planets in order?
My very educated mother just served us noodles
What am I describing- explosions of hydrogen gas that occur as sunspot regions connect and release large amounts of energy
Solar flares
What are the 3 layers of the sun’s atmosphere?
Photosphere, chromosphere, corona
What does corona mean?
Crown
Where is the corona layer(ex. Outer inner or middle)
Outer
What does the corona layer look like?
A halo
Where is the chromosphere(ex. Outer middle or inner)
Middle
Where is the photosphere layer(ex. Outer middle or inner)
Inner
Which part of the sun do we see when we look at it?(layer)
Photosphere
What is the center of our solar system?
Sun
What is the theory called when the sun is at the center of the solar system?
Heliocentric
What is the theory called when the earth is at the center of the solar system?
Geocentric
What is the sun made up of?
Hydrogen and helium
What is the first moon phase?
New moon
What is the 2nd moon phase
Waxing crescent
What is the 3rd moon phase
First quarter
What is the 4th moon phase
Waxing gibbous
What is the 5th moon phase
Full moon
What is the 6th moon phase
Waning gibbous
What is the 7th moon phase
Third quarter
What is the 8th moon phase
Waning crescent
How many moon phases are there?
8
What half is dark on the waxing crescent
Left
What is an oval orbit called?
Elipse
What half is dark on the waning crescent phase
Right
What does a new moon look like?
Black/all dark
What half is dark on the waning gibbous phase
Right
What is a rotation?
The way it spins on its axis
What half is dark on the waxing gibbous phase
Left
What does the sun’s energy come from?
Nuclear fusion
What half is dark on the third quarter phase?
Right
What half is dark on the first quarter phase?
Left
What does a new moon look like?
White/all light
What are the four outer planets?
Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus
