Unit 3 The Solar System

Pieces of rock in space found mostly between Mars and Jupiter

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Moons

• Comets

Small pieces of rock orbiting the sun with a stardust tail

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Moons

• Comets

Pieces of rock that enter Earth’s atmosphere and completely burn up

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Moons

• Comets

The Earth is in the center of the solar system

• Heliocentric

• Hydrocentric

• Geocentric

The Sun is in the center of the solar system

• Heliocentric

• Hydrocentric

• Geocentric

Outside layer of the sun where energy travels by radiating out from the center

• Core

• Convection Zone

• Conduction Zone

• Radiation Zone

Energy travels through this area of the Sun by EMR (electromagnetic radiation)

• Core

• Convection Zone

• Conduction Zone

• Radiation Zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Hottest part of the sun where fusion takes place

• Core

• Convection Zone

• Conduction Zone

• Radiation Zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Areas of gas, dust, and ice where stars are born

• Black holes

• Nebula

• Super Nova

All of the following are found in the sun EXCEPT

• Helium

• Carbon

• Hydrogen

• Iron

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3