UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR...
-
Upload
blake-robbins -
Category
Documents
-
view
222 -
download
0
Transcript of UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR...
![Page 1: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
UNIT 2
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Vocabulary Review
![Page 2: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT
THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN
aphelion
![Page 3: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION BETWEEN OBJECTS THAT IS DUE TO THEIR MASSES
gravity
![Page 4: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
THE PATH THAT A BODY FOLLOWS AS IT TRAVELS AROUND ANOTHER
BODY IN SPACE
orbit
![Page 5: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT
THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN
perihelion
![Page 6: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
A ROTATING CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST FROM WHICH THE SUN AND PLANETS
FORMED
solar nebula
![Page 7: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
THE INWARD FORCE REQUIRED TO KEEP A PARTICLE OR AN OBJECT MOVING IN A
CIRCULAR PATH
centripetal force
![Page 8: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
A SMALL BODY FROM WHICH A PLANET ORIGINATED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE
SOLAR SYSTEM
planetesimal
![Page 9: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE NUCLEI OF SMALL ATOMS COMBINE TO FORM A NEW, MORE MASSIVE
NUCLEUS; THE PROCESS RELEASES ENERGY
nuclear fusion
![Page 10: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
A LOOP OF RELATIVELY COOL INCANDESCENT GAS THAT EXTENDS ABOVE THE PHOTOSPHERE AND ABOVE THE SUN’S EDGE AS SEEN FROM EARTH
prominence
![Page 11: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
A DARK AREA OF THE PHOTOSPHERE OF THE SUN THAT IS COOLER THAN THE SURROUNDING AREAS
AND THAT HAS A STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD
sunspot
![Page 12: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
AN EXPLOSIVE RELEASE OF ENERGY THAT COMES FROM THE SUN AND THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH
MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES ON THE SUN’S SURFACE
solar flare
![Page 13: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
A UNIT OF MEASURE EQUAL TO THE AVERAGE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH
AND THE SUN; APPROXIMATELY 150 MILLION KM
astronomical unit
![Page 14: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
A PLANET THAT HAS A DEEP, MASSIVE ATMOSPHERE, SUCH AS JUPITER, SATURN,
URANUS, AND NEPTUNE
gas giant
![Page 15: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
ONE OF THE HIGHLY DENSE PLANETS NEAREST TO THE SUN
terrestrial planet
![Page 16: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
A REGION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT STARTS JUST BEYOND THE ORBIT OF NEPTUNE AND THAT
CONTAINS DWARF PLANETS AND OTHER SMALL BODIES MADE MOSTLY OF ICE
Kuiper Belt
![Page 17: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
A DISK OF MATTER THAT ENCIRCLES A PLANET AND THAT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS PARTICLES IN ORBIT,
WHICH RANGE IN SIZE FROM DUST GRAINS TO OBJECTS TENS OF METERS ACROSS
planetary ring
![Page 18: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
A CELESTIAL BODY THAT ORBITS THE SUN, IS ROUND BECAUSE OF ITS OWN GRAVITY, BUT HAS NOT CLEARED ITS ORBITAL PATH
dwarf planet
![Page 19: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF SMALL BODIES THAT ORBIT THE SUN IN A FLAT BELT BEYOND NEPTUNE’S ORBIT; ALSO INCLUDES DWARF PLANETS
LOCATED THERE
Kuiper Belt object
![Page 20: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
A SMALL, ROCKY OBJECT THAT ORBITS THE SUN; MOST ARE LOCATED IN A BAND
BETWEEN THE ORBITS OF MARS AND JUPITER
asteroid
![Page 21: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
A METEOROID THAT REACHES EARTH’S SURFACE WITHOUT BURNING UP
COMPLETELY
meteorite
![Page 22: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
A SMALL BODY THAT GIVES OFF GAS AND DUST AS IT PASSES CLOSE TO THE SUN; IT MOVES IN AN
ELLIPTICAL ORBIT AROUND THE SUN AND IS MADE OF DUST AND FROZEN GASES
comet
![Page 23: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
A SPHERICAL REGION THAT SURROUNDS THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT EXTENDS FROM THE KUIPER BELT TO
ALMOST HALFWAY TO THE NEAREST STAR, AND THAT CONTAINS BILLIONS OF COMETS
Oort cloud
![Page 24: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
A RELATIVELY SMALL, ROCKY BODY THAT TRAVELS THROUGH SPACE
meteoroid
![Page 25: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
A BRIGHT STREAK THAT RESULTS WHEN A METEOROID BURNS UP IN EARTH’S
ATMOSPHERE
meteor
![Page 26: UNIT 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Vocabulary Review. IN THE ORBIT OF A PLANET OR ANOTHER BODY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE POINT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN aphelion.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56649d9d5503460f94a864bd/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Well done!