Solar System notes

Question 1

Nebula

Answer 1

A large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space

Question 2

Solar Nebula

Answer 2

The cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system

Question 3

Nuclear fusion

Answer 3

The combination of the nuclei of small atoms to form a larger nucleus

Question 4

Sunspot

Answer 4

A dark place area of the photosphere of the sun that is cooler than the surrounding areas and that has a strong magnetic field

Question 5

Terrestrial Planets

Answer 5

one of the highly dense planets nearest to the sun

Question 6

Prograde Rotation

Answer 6

The counterclockwise spin of a planet pr moon as seen from above the planets north pole

Question 7

Retrograde Rotation

Answer 7

The clockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planets north pole

Question 8

Gas Giant

Answer 8

A planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere

Question 9

Satellite

Answer 9

A natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet

Question 10

New moon

Answer 10

The phase on the moon that you can’t see any of the moon

Question 11

Waxing crescent

Answer 11

The phase of the moon where the right sliver of the moon is light up

Question 12

1st quarter moon

Answer 12

The phase of the moon where the right quarter of the moon is light up

Question 13

Waxing gibbous

Answer 13

The phase of the moon where the whole moon is light up except for the left sliver.

Question 14

Full moon

Answer 14

The phase where all of the moon is light up

Question 15

Waning gibbous

Answer 15

The phase in which the right sliver of the moon is not light.

Question 16

Last quarter moon

Answer 16

The phase where the left quarter of the moon is light up

Question 17

Waning crescent

Answer 17

The phase of the moon in which only the right sliver is lit up

Question 18

Solar eclipse

Answer 18

When the moon comes between the earth and the sun, and the shadow of the moon falls on part of the earth

Question 19

Lunar eclipse

Answer 19

When the earth comes between the sin and the moon, and the shadow of earth falls on the moon

Question 20

comet

Answer 20

A small body of ice, rock, and comet dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and gust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun

Question 21

Astroid

Answer 21

A small, rocky object that orbits the sun, usually in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

Question 22

Asteroid belt

Answer 22

the region of the solar system that is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and in which most asteroids orbit

Question 23

Meteoroid

Answer 23

a relatively small, rocky body that travels through space

Question 24

Meteorite

Answer 24

a meteoroid that reaches the earth’s surface without burning up completely

Question 25

Meteor

Answer 25

A bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere