1. T HE S OLAR S YSTEM The Members of the Solar System characteristics and distances

2. N EBULAR H YPOTHESIS ( AFTER EXPLOSION ) P LACE THE FOLLOWING IN THE CORRECT ORDER :1-8 ___ cloud of very hot gas ___ flattens at poles ___ rings, cool, condense = planets ___ shrinks ___ gas cools ___ remainder of gases form star (Sun) ___ gravity leaves rings behind, shrinking nebula ___ spinning increases

3. N EBULAR H YPOTHESIS ( AFTER EXPLOSION ) P LACE THE FOLLOWING IN THE CORRECT ORDER :1-8 __1_ cloud of very hot gas __5_ flattens at poles (disc) __7_ rings, cool, condense = planets __4_ shrinks __2_ gas cools __8_ remainder of gases form star (Sun) __6_ gravity leaves rings behind, shrinking nebula (in middle) __3_ spinning increases

4. V OCABULARY : S ORT BY SIMILAR CATEGORIES AND DESCRIBE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH CATEGORY ** Asteroid Comet Inner planet Jovian Planet Meteor Meteorite Meteoroid Meteor shower Outer planet Terrestrial planet Sun Dwarf planet Kuiper Belt Oort Cloud Asteroid Belt Astronomical unit--- define only. What are the large categories? (4)

5. T HE MEMBERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM Planets Jovian (Outer-gas) Terrestrial (Inner- rock) Dwarf planet (celestial body with its own elliptical orbit around a star or star remnant) Regions Oort Cloud, Kuiper Belt, Asteroid Belt (areas of ice/rock that comets, asteroids originate from ) Stars Sun (large gas sphere that creates and emits it own radiation through nuclear fusion) Objects Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteorites, meteor showers, meteor and comets (remnants of original planet material; ice or rock; determined by size)

6. M EMBERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM What is an astronomical unit? How far does light from the sun travel to get to Earth? How are astronomical distances measured? Activity Complete solar system model if not already done and add the Asteroid Belt, Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud draw, color and paste to your model Answer the questions on the back of your directions sheet Complete the Solar System Match

7. M EMBERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM M ATCH Asteroid Comet Earth Great Red Spot Jupiter Mars Mercury Meteor Meteorite Neptune Pluto Saturn Solar System Uranus Venus