Review for the test on The Solar System
What you should study for the test ...
Review past quizzes, handouts, classnotes and quizlets.
Use the following quizlets to help you study:
The Solar System
The Earth and Other Orbits
The Sun
Questions could include:
- Understand concept of "Nebular Theory" and "Big Bang Theory"
- The Sun (layers and features)
- The Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto)
- Other objects in the solar system (comets, asteroids, meteors, meteroids, meteorites)
Review past quizzes, handouts, classnotes and quizlets.
Use the following quizlets to help you study:
The Solar System
The Earth and Other Orbits
The Sun
Questions could include:
- What are the four inner planets?
- What are the gas giants?
- Which planet has a Big Red Spot?
- Which planet is Earth's twin?
- What is the layer of the sun that forms a halo?
- What is the hottest layer of the sun?
- What are solar winds? Prominences? Flares?
- What are the cool regions on the sun that appear dark?
- Which of the following is a shooting star ... meteor, meteoroid, meteorite?
- What are the three parts of a comet?
- What is the "Home of Comets?