Earth
Mars
Space Rocks
Jupiter
Vocab
100
What is the length on one rotation for Earth?
What is 24 hours
100
what is the name of the volcano on Mars?
What is Olympus Mons
100
What is a comet made of? (name 3 things)
What is snow, ice, dirt, rocks
100
What is the length of Jupiter's rotation?
What is 10 hours!
100
National Aeronautics and Space Administration is known as?
What is NASA
200
Do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience the same seasons at the same time. Why or why not?
No. Because of the tilt of the Earth, one hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, having summer and the other hemisphere is having winter.
200
What gives Mars its red color
iron that has rusted
200
What direction does a comet's tail always point?
What is away from the sun
200
What is the length of Jupiter's revolution?
What is 12 years!
200
The tail of a comet is called....
What is coma
300
What do we call the measure of how much matter is in something?
What is mass.
300
What is the length of a rotation on Mars?
25 hours
300
What happens with Earth passes through the orbit of a comet?
we experience a meteor shower
300
How many moons does Jupiter have?
What is more than 60 (63).
300
The shape a comet's orbit
What is elliptical
400
What are the 4 layers of Earth, in order?
What is inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
400
What is the length of a Mars revolution?
What is 687 days
400
What is a popular explanation of where the asteroid belt came from?
There was once a planet between Mars and Jupiter that exploded, leaving pieces to now orbit
400
What is something on Jupiter's surface it is known for and what is it?
What is Great Red Spot. It is a huge storm swirling on the surface of Jupiter.
400
What is the difference between short-period and long-period comets?
short period take less than 200 years to orbit sun. long period take more than 200 years
500
What causes auroras?
particles from the solar wind get trapped in our magnetosphere
500
Is the gravity on Mars less or greater than gravity on Earth? Why?
Less. Mars has less mass and therefore less gravity.
500
What is the difference between a meteor, meteoroid, comet, and meteorite?
A comet is a ball of ice and rock. When ice melts, it is a meteoroid. When it enters Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteor. If any of it survives to hit the Earth, it is called a meteorite.
500
What two gases is Jupiter mainly made from?
What is hydrogen and helium?
500
Water that is permanently frozen in the ground?
What is permafrost
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