Freeman_Chapter 3 Solar System Review

Largest planet

In the line of planets, Neptune is the _____.

Galileo discovered orbits of planets move around the Sun in an elliptical shape. True or False.

Which term is when the meteor lands on Earth's surface?

Planet with iron oxide and polar ice caps.

Most of the frozen ice in a comet's nucleus does what?

On Venus, the greenhouse effect warms it to

Aristarchus first developed this type of Solar System model but Copernicus made it famous

Which planet has white, red, tan, and brown striped clouds?

Solar wind develops the comet's _____.

The Greek word for color is ________________.

The closest planet to the Sun is _____.

The Sun is thought to be formed ____.

In 1543, who published views of Earth and other planets revolving around the Sun?

The greenhouse effect is on what planet besides Earth because of trapped heat?

The fifth planet from the Sun is ____.

What did Kepler do that changed how people think about the Solar System

A large collection of comets surrounding the solar system is the ______.

Comets originate in the _____ cloud beyond Pluto's orbit.

The greenhouse effect on Venus is from_____.

Mars is an inner planet or an outer planet?

Vaporized gases and dust form what around the comet nucleus?

______________ is believed to be the largest dwarf planet.

Pieces of rock that burn up in Earth's atmosphere and don't reach the ground are ______.

The Sun was formed by

Which planet is red, barren, rocky, and windswept?

_________ is known as a dirty snowball.

Heat from the sun develops a comet's _____.

Smallest planet.

Pluto is unique from other outer planets because it ______.

______ has most complex ring system.

Planet with dark storms and eight moons.

The outer planets ____________

What planet's moon is bigger than planets Mercury and Pluto?

Saturn can float in water because of its ______ density.

The third planet from the sun.

The long ditch on Mars is likely from what?

Venus has a strong greenhouse effect. True or False

People in the early days believed that planets orbited around _____.

What planet has an axis of rotation is almost parallel to the plane of its orbits.