Solar System
How many planets are in the Solar system?
8 Planets.
What is the one thing that would cause the seasons?
Earth's rotation on its axis.
What 2 things causes the moon phases?
Earth and the Sun!
How long does Earth's rotation take?
24 hours.
Everything is pulled ______ by gravity.
DOWN!
The main source of energy for Earth?
What would happen if Earth wasn't rotated on it's axis?
There would be no seasons.
Group of stars that form a picture of an animal or person.
Constellation.
When you watch a sunset, is the sun really moving across the sky? Explain.
No, the sun is not moving across the sky. The Earth is spinning around its axis.
The gravity of ________ causes the Earth to orbit.
Sun.
Our solar system is part of which GALAXY?
Milky way!
What causes the hours of sunlight to change with the seasons?
The tilt of Earth's axis.
How long after the new moon will we have a full moon?
2 weeks or 14 days.
How fast does the Earth spin? How many miles per hours?
1000 miles per hour.
No matter where you go on Earth, gravity remains _________ on Earth.
Same.
A day on Jupiter lasts for only ____________.
10 hours.
We performed an activity called the "Shadow Clock". If one day, the Earth stopped spinning, would the shadow clock still work? Explain.
A shadow clock only works because the shadow moves across the sky. So if the Earth stopped spinning, the shadow clock would be useless.
What's waxing gibbous?
What's waning Crescent.
DRAW.
Waxing Gibbous- After full moon.
Waning Crescent- Before third quarter.
From Friday evening to Wednesday evening, how many spins does the Earth make?
5 Spins!
Moon has less gravity that Earth.
If we have less gravity, the jump on the MOON would be LOWER or HIGHER?
HIGHER.
Which planet is called the red planet?
MARS or MERCURY
MARS!
A girl named Lisa has 5 creases on each finger instead of 3. If she counts like an EGYPTIAN, what number will she count with one hand?
20.
Name all the moon phases.
New moon, crescent, first quarter, gibbous, third quarter. full moon.
If the Earth were to spin twice as fast as it does now, how many hours would be in one complete spin?
12 hours long.
Who discovered GRAVITY?
Isaac Newton.