Details Title: Astrology Description: Planets Total Flash Cards: 22 Created: 02/28/2008 14:53:10		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Environmental Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term What are the four terrestrial planets? Definition Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Term What are the four jovian planets? Definition Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Term Define nebula. Definition A cloud of gas and/or dust in space Term Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'? Definition Mars Term Which planet has the GREATEST temperature extremes? Definition Mercury Term Which planet is known as the "Earth's Twin"? Definition Venus Term Which planet has rings made of 'moonlets' of ice and rock? Definition Saturn Term Which planet is a bluish planet? Definition Neptune Term Which planet is the sideways planet? Definition Uranus Term which planet has the moons Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto? Definition Jupiter Term About 80% of which planet's surface consists of plains covered by lava flows? Definition Venus Term What is the name of Neptune's largest moon? Definition Triton Term What is the name of Saturn's largest moon? Definition Titan Term What 4 gases make up the atmospheres of the jovian planets? Definition Hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia Term A concentration of small celestial bodies in between Mars and Jupiter. Definition Asteroid Belt Term The use of mathematics facilitated the discovery of this planet. Definition Neptune Term This planet has many moons, including Titan, Dione, Tethys, and Mimas. Definition Saturn Term The fastest moving planet in the solar system. Definition Mercury Term The point in which the orbit of a planet or other body at which it comes closest to the sun. Definition Perihelion Term {image:http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j40/HanyuInu/School%20stuff/Neptune.jpg|center} Definition Neptune Term {image:http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j40/HanyuInu/School%20stuff/Mercury.jpg|center} Definition Mercury Term {image:http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j40/HanyuInu/School%20stuff/Jupiter.jpg|center} Definition Jupiter