Vocabulary
Rotation & Revolution
Solar System
Telescopes & Space Exploration
Miscellaneous
100
The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line or resist a change in motion
What is INERTIA
100
How long does it take Earth to make one complete trip around the Sun? How long does it take for Earth to spin once on its axis?
What is 365 1/4 days and 24 hours
100
FILL IN THE BLANK: Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a ______________.
What is A STORM
100
What space tool began orbiting Earth in 1990 and took the first images of planets orbiting a star?
What is HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
100
What divides the inner planets from the outer planets?
What is THE ASTEROID BELT
200
A large object that orbits a star and does not produce its own light
What is PLANET
200
FILL IN THE BLANKS: When the Northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, the season is _______________. We are getting ______________ sunlight that results in ___________ temperatures.
What is WINTER, INDIRECT, COLDER
200
Name the 2 reasons why Pluto was demoted to the status of dwarf planet.
What is ITS SMALL SIZE AND LARGE ORBIT AROUND THE SUN (FAR DISTANCE)
200
How do astronomers learn about objects in space that are very far from the Earth?
What is INFORMATION SENT BY SPACE PROBES
200
If a meteor lands on the Earth's surface, it is called a ________.
What is METEORITE
300
A complete spin on an axis is a _____________. A complete trip of one object around another object is a ________________.
What is ROTATION and REVOLUTION
300
When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, the season is __________. We are receiving _______sunlight, which results in _________ temperatures.
What is SUMMER, DIRECT, and WARMER
300
FILL IN THE BLANKS: The inner planets are also called ___________ planets because they have surfaces made of rock, while the outer planets are known as the _____ _____________.
What is TERRESTRIAL and GAS GIANTS
300
FILL IN THE BLANKS: Reflector telescopes use ________ to produce images while refractor telescopes use _______ to produce images.
What is MIRRORS and LENSES
300
How would Earth's seasons be affected if our planet's axis were not tilted, but straight up and down? Why?
What is IT WOULD ALWAYS BE LIKE SPRING AND FALL BECAUSE NO HEMISPHERE WOULD EVER BE TILTED TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM THE SUN
400
A natural object that orbits a planet is a _______. A natural or artificial object in space that circles around another object is a _____________.
What is a MOON and a SATELLITE
400
Earth has four seasons. Explain why.
What is EARTH IS TILTED ON ITS AXIS AND EARTH REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN (THIS CHANGES THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE SUN STRIKES DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR PLANET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR)
400
FILL IN THE BLANKS: The oval shape of the planets' orbits is called a(n) ____________. The planets are kept in orbit around the sun because of _______________ and ___________.
What is AN ELLIPSE, GRAVITY AND INERTIA
400
In 2004, two rovers landed on Mars and made what significant discovery?
What is EVIDENCE OF LIQUID WATER THAT MAY HAVE ONCE EXISTED ON THE PLANET
400
The strength of the pull of gravity depends on what two factors?
What is MASS OF AND DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OBJECTS
500
A chunk of rock from space that travels through Earth's atmosphere is a(n) ____________. One of many small, rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter is a(n) ____________. A mixture of ice, frozen gases, rock, and dust left over from the formation of the solar system is a ________.
What is a METEOR, an ASTEROID, and a COMET
500
Explain the position of the Earth in relation to the sun when we have the seasons fall and spring. Explain the amount of sunlight both hemispheres are receiving and the temperatures we experience during these seasons.
What is NEITHER HEMISPHERE IS TILTED TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM THE SUN; BOTH HEMISPHERES RECEIVE EQUAL AMOUNTS OF SUNLIGHT; WE EXPERIENCE "IN BETWEEN"/MILD TEMPERATURES
500
Name the planets in order from closest to farthest from the sun.
What is MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE
500
Name the 3 categories of telescopes that we learned about (in our textbook).
What is OPTICAL, RADIO, and SPACE TELESCOPES
500
What would happen if Earth didn't have inertia? What would happen if the Sun's gravity did not pull on Earth?
What is THE EARTH WOULD GET PULLED INTO THE SUN; THE EARTH WOULD DRIFT OFF INTO OUTER SPACE
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