solar system

Question 1

sun

Answer 1

classified as a G2V star or yellow dwarf. 4.7 billion years old

Question 2

whats the order of the planets from the sun?

Answer 2

mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune

Question 3

meteroids

Answer 3

smaller fragments of asteroids and particles shed by comets

Question 4

meteors

Answer 4

when meteroids fall into earths gravitational field

Question 5

meteorites

Answer 5

when the meteors make it to earths surface

Question 6

kuiper belt

Answer 6

a belt of asteroids that are between mars and jupiter

Question 7

comets

Answer 7

sometimes called “dirty snowballs” or “icy mudballs” . they are a mixture of ices and dust. they’re invisible except when near the sun

Question 8

tails

Answer 8

tails of comets are several hundred million kilometers long - composed of plasma and laced with rays and streamers caused by interactions with the solar wind

Question 9

moon

Answer 9

the second most important body in the solar system

Question 10

tides

Answer 10

caused by gravitational pull of the moon. High tides occur twice a day when the moon points closest to and farthest from the affected masses of water