Solar System

(proper noun)

The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.

Related Terms

Examples of Solar System in the following topics:

  • Mars and a Biosphere

    • Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System.
    • A biosphere can also be thought of as an global ecological system that incorporates all living beings and their relationships with the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

  • Terraforming Mars

    • Although Mars is most like Earth out of all the planets in our solar system, it is still highly unsuitable for life as we know it.

  • Desiccation

    • A solar or electric food dehydrator can greatly speed the drying process and ensure more consistent results.
    • New freeze dryer which is equipped with systems for immediate feedback on the properties of the dried product, eliminating the lengthy trial-and-error approach.

  • Chemoautotrophs and Chemoheterotrophs

    • Chemoautotrophs and chemoheterotrophs make their food using chemical energy rather than solar energy.

  • The Energetics of Chemolithotrophy

    • The chemotroph designation is in contrast to phototrophs, which utilize solar energy.

  • Cholera

    • All water used for drinking, washing, or cooking should be sterilized by either boiling, chlorination, ozone water treatment, ultraviolet light sterilization (e.g. by solar water disinfection), or antimicrobial filtration in any area where cholera may be present.

  • Respiration and Proton Motive Force

    • They are able to do this with the help of the solar-driven enzyme bacteriorhodopsin, which is used to drive the molecular motor enzyme ATP synthase to make the necessary conformational changes required to synthesize ATP.

  • Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System Defenses

    • The circulatory system has a defence against microbial invaders in the form of the lymphatic system.
    • The cardiovascular system basically moves blood throughout the body.
    • While the lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system, comprising a network of conduits called lymphatic vessels.
    • The lymph system is not a closed system.
    • Lymphatic organs play an important part in the immune system, having a considerable overlap with the lymphoid system.

  • Type III and Type IV Secretion

    • The system is regulated by Ca2+ concentrations which regulate the opening and closing of gates present in the membrane by which the type III secretion system complexes can utilize for translocation.
    • Another pathogen, Shigella, which utilizes type III secretion systems is able to successfully carry out its infection by evading the immune system.
    • The type IV secretion systems can either secrete or receive molecules.
    • The type IV secretion system utilizes a process similar to this.
    • This specific secretion system can transport both DNA and proteins.

  • Primary and Secondary Antibody Responses

    • The immune system protects organisms from infection first with the innate immune system, then with adaptive immunity.
    • The immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease.
    • Pathogens can rapidly evolve and adapt to avoid detection and neutralization by the immune system.
    • Immunology covers the study of all aspects of the immune system.
    • Innate immune systems are found in all plants and animals.