Kingdoms
How are the kingdoms of Bacteria and Archaea different?
One has a tail, and one does not. (ARCHAEA have a tail)
What is the name of DOMAIN 1 and give an example?
BACTERIA - Example: E. Coli
What kind of planets are the four closest to the sun? Name them.
Which is the smallest? Which is the hottest?
Terrestrial planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Smallest: Mercury Hottest: Venus
What was the name of the first mission to put a human on the moon? What was the name of the astronaut?
Apollo 11 Mission - Neil Armstrong
What is the different between ROTATE, REVOLVE/ORBIT, AND ELLIPSE/ELLIPTICAL
What kingdom is an axoloti in?
Animalia
What is the name for DOMAIN 2 and give an example?
ARCHAEA - Example: Methanogens
What kind of planets are the four farthest from the Sun? Name them.
Which has the Galilean moons?
Which takes longest to revolve around the sun?
Gas planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Galilean Moons: Jupiter, Longest to revolve around sun: Neptune
What force keeps the planets revolving around the Sun?
Gravitational force
Name characteristics of a ASTEROID, COMET, AND METEOR.
ASTERIOD: Orbit sun in elliptical pattern - COMET: Frozen gas, rocks, and dust that orbit the sun, has nucleus - METEOR: Small piece of rock or debris
Which kingdom has organisms that are ONLY autotrophic?
Plantae
What is the name for DOMAIN 3 and give an example?
Eukarya - People, animals, plants, and trees
What are some properties of Earth?
Mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes
What would happen to t he planets, comets, and asteroids if the gravitational force did not exist?
Everything would explode, and we would all die.
How do the Moon and Earth move (rotation or revolution)? How does the Earth move around the sun (rotation, revolution, or elliptical orbit)?
The earth rotates, and the moon revolves around the earth. The earth follows an elliptical orbit around the sun.
Which Kingdom has organisms that are ONLY heterotrophic?
Animalia
What is the difference between BIOTIC and ABIOTIC?
What are some properties of Mars?
Dark slope _____ , dust devil tracks, sand dunes
The MORE MASS a planet has, the MORE _____________ ________ (two words) it has on things on it. The LESS MASS planet has, the LESS _______________ _________.
What is a space probe?
An unpiloted device sent to gather data
What is the is the difference between AUTOTROPH and HETEROTROPH?
Autotrophs makes their own food, and heterotrophs gets food from plants and animals.
What planet would you weigh the LEAST on?
What planet would you weigh the MOST on?
Least: Mercury , Most: Jupiter
What is the International Space Station?
A large aircraft in low orbit around the Earth where astronauts and cosmonauts live.
What is a space shuttle?
A space vehicle to carry cargo and people between earth and space.