Chapter 3 Review: Solar System

Which of the following is not a main ingredient for making the solar sytem

The core is the location in the sun where ___________________ is occuring

the planet that is the next farthest away from the sun after JUPITER is...

The geocentric model says that the _________ is at the center of the solar system.

this layer of the sun's atmosphere gives off visible light.

What two planets have the least amount of moons?

When _______ & _________ interact, auroras can be seen.

This layer of the sun is found in the sun's interior

This famous astronomer helped support the helicentric model with the help of a telescope

What does not happen to hydrogen atoms during nuclear fusion?

Huge loops of gas that link parts of sunspot regions are called

Before a planet becomes a planet, it is first called a...

This layer of the sun is so dense that energy can take 100,000 years to travel through it.

It is estimated that our solar system is ____________ years old.

Eruptions that occur when loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect

What is the force that creates the spinning disk formation?

The innermost layer of the sun's atmosphere is the...

the planet that is the next farthest away from the sun after Earth is...

If an astronomer was going to measure the distance to another galaxy they would use...

object that orbits the sun, is spherical, but has not cleared the area of orbit is called a...

One astronomical unit equals...

the chromosphere is the layer of the sun's _______________________ that has a reddish glow.

Sunspots are areas on the sun that are....

In the heliocentric model of the solar system the ____________ is in the center of the system.

The average distance between the earth and the sun is called a(n)...

What is used to measure distances within our solar system?

the planet that is the closest to the sun is

Which of the following is not a requirement of a planet?