The 4 Spheres
The 4 spheres of planet Earth
What are the atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere?
The scientific study of the universe and the objects in it
What is Astronomy?
The fourth planet from the sun
What is Mars?
The creator of the 3 Laws of Planetary Motion
Who is Johannes Kepler?
Two atoms unite under heat & pressure
What is fusion?
The most common gas in Earth's Atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
The Astronomical Hierarchy consists of
What are the universe, galaxy, solar system and planets
The hottest planet in our solar system
What is Venus?
The 3 Laws of Planetary Motion
What are the Law of Orbits, the Law of Equal Areas and the Law of Periods
The release of heat by splitting atoms
What is fission?
Involves all the organisms and their corresponding environments on Earth
What is the biosphere?
Explains the formation of our Solar Systems
What is the Nebular Hypothesis?
Has more than 75 moons
What is Jupiter?
All planets move around the Sun in an elliptical orbit
What is the Law of Orbits?
The sun composes of
What is 70% Hydrogen, 28% Helium and 2% Other
97% of all water on Earth consists of
What is Saltwater?
The creator of the Geocentric Theory
Who is Ptolemy?
Known as the windiest planet
What is Neptune?
An imaginary line that connects a planet to the sun, sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
What is the law of Equal Areas?
These waves are responsible for heating & assisting plant life on Earth
What are Infrared Waves?
Makes up the area from the surface of Earth to its center
What is the lithosphere
The creator of the Heliocentric Theory
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
Didn't become classified a planet until 1783
What is Uranus?
Describes the relationship between the distance of planets from the Sun and their orbital periods
What is the Law of Periods?
Rapid chemical combination of a substance with oxygen, involving the production of heat and light
What is combustion?