Name: _________________________________ Block: _____ Date: ____________________________
EARTH SCIENCE 11
Chapter 22 Sun and its Solar System
Review Worksheet
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Label the diagram to the right.
a. ___________________ (hint” think of
Mexican “Duff”)
b. ________ ________________
c. _______________________ (red)
d. _____________________ (yellow)
e. __________ _____________
Define the following:
a. Corona: ________________________________________________________________
b. Chromosphere: __________________________________________________________
c. Photosphere: ___________________________________________________________
d. Magnetic storms: ________________________________________________________
e. Solar Flares: ____________________________________________________________
f. Solar Prominences: _______________________________________________________
g. Solar Wind: ______________________________________________________________
Describe the temperature of the Sun:
a. On the surface: _________________⁰C
b. In the interior: __________________⁰C
What causes solar flares to occur? __________________________________________________
Describe three effects solar flares cause on Earth:
a. ________________________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________________________________
Explain how the Sun derives its energy from hydrogen: _________________________________
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How many of the following are in our solar system?
a. Planets _____________
b. Moon/natural satellites ___________
c. Terrestrial planets ____________
d. Gas Giant/Jovian planets __________________
What is the difference between a:
a. Comet: _________________________________________________________________
b. Asteroid: _______________________________________________________________
How does the density of the terrestrial planets compare to the Gas Giants?
Terrestrial Plants: density = _____ grams/cm3 Gas Giant planets: density = ______ grams/cm3
Name: _________________________________ Block: _____ Date: ____________________________
EARTH SCIENCE 11
10. Explain the following Kepler Laws (words or diagrams are fine):
a. 1st law: (label perihelion and aphelion)
b. 2nd Law:
c. 3rd Law:
d. 4th Law:
11. Using one of Kepler’s Laws, calculate:
a. The period of Saturn if its distance from the Sun is 9.5 AU
P= _____ yrs
b. The distance of an asteroid from the Sun if its period is 8 yrs
D = _____ AU
c. The distance Neptune is from the Sun if its period is 165 yrs
D = _____ AU
d. The period of Mercury if its distance from the Sun is 0.4 AU
P = ______ yrs
12. What four things did Galileo observe? Indicate his most important observation with an * .
a. _______________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________________
d. ________________________________________________________________________
13. Name the
a. Four Jovian planets: _____________ _______________ ___________ _____________
b. Four terrestrial planets: _______________ ____________ __________ ____________
c. The planet that doesn’t belong to any group: ________________
14. Write a general statement linking the period of revolution of a planet to its distance from the
Sun ___________________________________________________________________________
15. Oblate spheroid:
a. What is it: ______________________________________________________________
b. What are they caused by? _________________________________________________
c. Name one: _____________________________________________________________
16. (a) What is retrograde motion? _____________________________________________________
(b) What is it caused by? __________________________________________________________