Vocab Section 3 and 4 Flashcards
Jupiter
The fifth planet from the sun and the largest
Saturn
The sixth planet from the sun
Uranus
The seventh planet from the sun
Neptune
The eight planet from the sun
Dwarf planet
are nearly round objects in orbit around the Sun that are not satellites and that have not cleared the debris in their orbits
Comet
is composed of dust and rock particles
Asteroid
Rocky objects formed from material similar to the material in planets composition
Meteoroid
sand to boulder sized objects objects in the solar system
Sedna
a distant planetoid
Extraterrestrial life
life beyond earth
Which space probe flew past Jupiter in 1979
Voyager 1 and 2
Which space probe reached Jupiter in 1995
Galileo
What did the Voyager probes and galileo study
Composition, structure motion of jupiter’s atmosphere and features of Jupiter’s moons
how many known moons does Jupiter have
63
What are the 4 Galilean moons
Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa
Which of the Galilean moons is the largest in the solar system
Ganymede
WhIch of the Galilean moons is the largest in the solar system
Ganymede, Callisto, Europa
WhIch of the Galilean moons is the most volcanically active
Io
What is Saturn’s most commonly known feature
The largest and most complex ring system
What are Saturn’s rings made of
Particle of water ice
How many moons does saturn have
60 moons
What is the name of saturn’s largest moon
titan
what is the name of the space craft that approached Saturn in 2004
Cassini Huygens
What was cassini’s mission
It collected data about saturn, saturn’s rings, and saturn’s moons
What was Huygen’s mission
went to titans surface
which space probe is the probe to study uranus
voyager 2
how many moons does uranus have
27 moons
Does uranus have moons
Yes
How is uranus’s tilt
Parallel to it’s plane
What color is uranus
Blue Green
Which space probe is the only probe to reach Neptune
Voyager 2
What makes Neptune a bluer color than uranus
Methane
How many moons does neptune have
13
What is Neptune’s largest moon
Tritan
What are the name of 3 dwarf planets
pluto Eris Ceres
What is the bright cloud of a coma called
coma
What do comets originate
kuiper belt or the Oort cloud
when a meteoroid enters earth’s atmosphere what are they called
Meteor or shooting stars
When a meteor strikes earth’s surface what are they called
Meteorites
What was AU stand for
Astronomical Unit
What is an AU equal
150 million kilometers
