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Space quiz
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6th Grade
04/27/2015

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Term
Solar system
Definition
- Made of the sun and the other eight planets ( Pluto Planetoid )
- Chunks of rock and metal orbit planets asteroids, frozen gase called cometes
- Sun center of the solar system planets revolve around it. Largest memeber of the solar sytem
- Solar system part of the milky way galaxy
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Term
Diffrence between Stars and planets
Definition
Planets do not give off light of its own, it refelcts light from the sun
Stars produce light and give of heat
Term
Orbits
Definition
- Orbit means any body follows when revolving around another body
- The moon travels around the earth in orbit and the other planets orbit the sun
- The route of an orbit can be elongated or nearly circular
Term
Sun
Definition
- Corona outer part of the suns atmosphere
- Chromosphere made up of very hot gasees wich shoot up into the corona at high speeds
- Middle : Heat is sent through the middle and the outer layers from the core
Core : Tempature 31,350,000 celcius
- Sun spots, Flares, Prominence
Term
How does the sun produce energy?
Definition
Deep in the core there are atoms of hydrogen under pressure and are turning into atoms of helium. Which are sent into space creates heat and light
Term
Moon
Definition
- Earths satelite
- Earth is four times bigger then the moon
- Moon is not a friendly place
- We cannot breath on the moon
- No atmosphere
- Weak gravitatonal pull
-No water made up of hills mountains craters
- No weather
- 250 ferenhite to - 260 ferenhite
- Takes 29 days to rotate the earth
Term
Earth
Definition
- Third planet from the sun
- Ball of rock and metal
-The distance from the sun is perfrect
- Orbit is nearly a circle
- Same distance from the sun
- Earth tilts and spins on its axis
- Atmosphetre acts like a shield
- Atmosphers: Nitrogen, Oxygen
- Gravity
Term
Mars
Definition
- Rocky and Red
- Fourth from the sun
- Half the size of earth
- One year: 687 days
- Two moons
- Near asteroid belt
- Has seasons
- Tempature: - 103 farenheit to 86 farenheit
Term
Jupiter
Definition
- Fifth planet from the sun
- First outer planet
- largest in our solar system
- Big and bright
- Great red spot
- Made of gases
Term
Saturn
Definition
-Sixth planet from the sun
- Rings
- Ice covered and rocky
- 29 1/2 yeard to circle the sun
-Second largest planet
- Made of gases
- Has 17 moons
- Titan is the largest moon
Term
Phases of the moon
Definition
- New moon cannot see the moon
- Waning crescent: can see a sliver of the moon
- First quarter: You can see half of the moon
- Gibbous: Almost full moon
- Full: Can see the entire moon
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