Solar System Vocabulary
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Alicia DAlessandro
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Which planet has a LONGER year (period of Revolution)?
Mercury
Jupiter
Pluto
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When the place we're at on Earth is FACING the sun - it's DAYTIME
When we're facing AWAY from the sun - it's NIGHT TIME
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Every planet has a different length of day... how fast the planet is spinning determines it's length of day....
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Multiple Choice
Who has a LONGER day (slower rotation?)
Mercury
Earth
Venus
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Multiple Choice
If I wanted to know how long a day was on Venus - would I look at the Period of Rotation or the Period of Revolution?
Period of Rotation
Period of Revolution
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Multiple Choice
If I wanted to know how long a YEAR was on Jupiter - would I look at the Period of Rotation or the Period of Revolution?
Period of Rotation
Period of Revolution
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that Pluto
is 39.5 times
the distance
from the Earth
to the Sun
away!!
(1AU =
93,000,000 miles!)
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Multiple Choice
Which measurement would we use to measure the distance between the Earth and Jupiter?
Astronomical Units
Light years
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Multiple Choice
Which measurement would we use to measure the distance between the Earth the 2nd CLOSEST STAR (not our Sun) ?
Astronomical Units
Light years
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Which measurement would we use to measure how far across the Milky Way galaxy is?
Astronomical Units
Light years
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