Solar System Test Review

A stream of particles that extends outward from the sun's corona is called ___.

The four terrestrial planets all have ___.

In the sun's ____ zone, hot gases circulate to move energy to the surface.

___ are displayed in the sky when solar wind particles hit our atmosphere.

The flash of light produced when a meteoroid passes through Earth's atmosphere is a(n) ___.

The first people to notice the starlike objects traveled in paths different from stars were __.

The inner atmosphere (surface) of the sun is yellow and is known as the ___.

Meteoroids usually come from ___ or asteroids.

Which one of the following planet is NOT a gas giant?

The sun's energy comes from nuclear ___.

___ are loops of gas on the sun that link different parts of sunspot regions together.

___ are areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gases around them.

___ are eruptions that occur when gas on the surface of the sun becomes extremely hot.

Which scientist was the first to state that we were part of a heliocentric system?

The layer of the sun that is red at the beginning and end of a solar eclipse is ___.

A ___ model of the planets is sun-centered.

A(n) _ is a loose collection of ice, dust, small rocky particles that has a long, narrow orbit.

The scientist who first used telescope to make discoveries for heliocentric model was ___.

The ___ is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

_ are meteoroids that entered our atmosphere and hit Earth without completely burning up.