Gravity Shmavity
Space Survival 101
Let's Get Technical
Solar System Trivia
Do You Remember?
100
This very famous scientist developed fundamental ideas about forces that can be found in the Universe
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
100
Another name for the habitability zone is this
What is the Goldilocks zone?
100
Define what a force is.
What is a push or pull on an object?
100
This object is at the center of our solar system
What is the Sun?
100
These are the 3 plate boundaries
What is convergent, divergent, and transform?
200
This force is applied to all objects due to gravity
What is weight?
200
These are the 6 characteristics of Earth's habitability
What is oxygen, water, the Sun, atmosphere, temperature, and gravity?
200
True or False: Gravity is defined as the friction created when two objects are in contact.
What is false?
200
The most massive object in our solar system is this
What is the sun?
200
This thermal transfer of heat occurs in our mantle
What is convection?
300
Gravity depends directly on the _____ of the object and inversely on the ______ of the objects.
What is gravity depends directly on the mass of the object and inversely on the distance of the object?
300
Earth is roughly this many years old
What is 4.5-4.6 billion years old?
300
True or False: Weight is the amount of matter in an object and is the same no matter where you are
What is false? Mass is the correct answer.
300
We have this many planets in our solar system
What is 8?
300
There are this many of Oxygen (O) atoms in this chemical formula:
What is 4?
400
The gravitational pull of the sun is the greatest in our solar system because it...
A. is the brightest
B. has the greatest mass
C. has the greatest magnetism
What is B. has the greatest mass?
400
The Earth's is composed of this percentage of land
What is 30% land?
400
Inertia is described by –
A. an object will stay put or continue to move until acted on by another force.
B. all objects are attracted to other objects
C. gravity slows motion down while friction pulls downward
What is A. an object will stay put or continue to move until acted on by another force
400
Our solar system is this many years old
What is 4.6 billion years?
400
The difference between a solute and solvent is this
What is a solute is being dissolved and a solvent is what's doing the dissolving?
500
The gravitational pull between the Sun and Saturn could be increased by –
A. increasing the distance between Saturn and Uranus
B. decreasing the distance between the Sun and Saturn
C. decreasing the mass of Saturn
What is B. decreasing the distance between the Sun and Saturn?
500
This layer is in the atmosphere that protects us from ultraviolet radiation
What is the ozone layer?
500
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation states that –
A. Every object in the Universe attracts every other object, and, the mass and distance.
B. Every object in the Universe is only attracted to larger objects than itself.
What is A. Every object in the Universe attracts every other object, depending on the mass and distance.
500
The center of our galaxy has this
What is a black hole?
500
There are this many molecules in this chemical formula
What is 0? (a single atom is NOT a molecule)