Solar System Study Guide 2
| Directions: Students use the following information as a suggested guide to study for the test. Remember this is only a guide and may not contain the necessary information concerning every question. Good luck on the up coming test! | |
| 1. Be able to distinguish between Gas Giants and Terrestrial Planets. 2. Understand the composition and Nature of Ring systems around the Gas Giants. 3. Know the Atmospheres of the outer planets. 4. Make a connection between Revolution and length of year. 5. Make a connection that rotation equals length of day on a planet. 6. Understand that solar system distances between planets is measured in Au's (Astronomical Units.) 7. Understand that periods of revolution grow longer as the planet becomes further from the Sun. 8. Understand the differences between moons and planets. 9. Understand the functions of Shepard Moons. 10. Know the distances the outer planets are from the Sun, length of day and length of year. 11. Know the nature of comets. 12. Understand the differences between the Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites. 13. Understand the four Galileo Moons of Jupiter. 14. Understand the composition of the Kuplier Belt and the Oort Cloud.
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