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    This document contains questions about the solar system and the planets within it. It begins by asking questions about how our model of the solar system has changed over time and basic facts about planets and their orbits. It then lists questions under sections about the inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars asking for 2 facts about each. For the asteroid belt it asks about its location and the size of objects within it. The same format is followed for the outer planets Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. The document concludes with questions about how the solar system formed from an accretion disk and definitions of the formation process.

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    This document contains questions about the solar system and the planets within it. It begins by asking questions about how our model of the solar system has changed over time and basic facts about planets and their orbits. It then lists questions under sections about the inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars asking for 2 facts about each. For the asteroid belt it asks about its location and the size of objects within it. The same format is followed for the outer planets Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. The document concludes with questions about how the solar system formed from an accretion disk and definitions of the formation process.

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    16.

    3 The Solar
    System
    Terms to know:
    1. Planet
    2. Solar system
    3. Asteroid
    4. Phases
    The View From Earth
    1. How has todays model of the solar system changed since Copernicus?
    2. How many planets orbit the Sun? ______________
    3. Which is more near the Earth, planets or stars? _______________________
    4. Do planets give off their own light? How do we see them? Explain.

    5. Why is Venus called the morning start and evening star?


    Inner Planets
    6. List 2 facts about Mercury.

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    7. List 2 facts about Venus.

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    8. List 2 facts about Earth.

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    9. List 2 facts about Mars.

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________
    10. Describe the Asteroid Belt. (Location and size of objects)

    Outer Planets
    11. List 2 facts about Jupiter.

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    12. List 2 facts about Uranus.

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    13. List 2 facts about Neptune.

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________

    14. Read this Internet source to explain why Pluto is no


    longer considered a planet:
    type in the URL
    http://www.universetoday.com/13573/why-pluto-is-nolonger-a-planet/
    or search Why is Pluto not a planet and click on
    the Universe Today site.

    a. Why is it a controversial topic?

    b. Why could you make the argument that it is a planet in the solar system?

    c. Why could you make the argument that it is NOT a planet in the solar system?

    Formation of the Solar System


    15. In 3-5 sentences, summarize how the solar system may have formed from a rotating
    disk.

    16. What is accretion and how does it relate to the formation of the solar system?

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