earth and space

Sunspots

cool black storm areas

prominences

storms that looks like arches, last several days

solar flares

last for 15 mins, stronger than prominences

solar wind

stream of high energy particles sent into space

Aurora Borealis

northern lights

Aurora Australis

southern lights

meteorite

When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it's called a __________

meteor

shooting star

meteoroid

space rocks that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids

Asteroid

rocky object that orbits the Sun. They are smaller than a planet but larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids.

Comets

dirty snowballs

Comets

made up of ice, dust and rocky material.

Sun

energy comes from nuclear fusion of hydrogen and helium

Mercury

Rocky

Venus

hottest, aka “morning star”

Earth

third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life

Moon

natural satellite

Mars

Red planet

Jupiter

fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. A gas giant.

Saturn

sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System,

uranus

Most (80% or more) of the planet's mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane, and ammonia – above a small rocky core.

neptune

eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun.

Pluto

coldest; tilted and elongated orbit NO LONGER classified as a PLANET

Neap tides

occurs when the position of the sun, moon, and earth are at right angles

Neap tides

During this tide, gravitational and centrifugal forces are divided

Spring tide

high tides are higher and low tides are lower than average.