Planets
This planet is the 4th from the Sun.
What is Mars?
This type of technology helps humans learn about space by letting us see very long distances to observe the universe.
What is a telescope?
This is all existing matter and energy in space.
What is the universe?
What happens in a solar eclipse? What does it look like?
The moon blocks the view of the Sun from Earth, causing a silhouette of the moon the be cast into the sky.
What is in toward the center of a mass?
This planet is 8th from the Sun.
What is Neptune?
This type of technology orbits the planet and helps humans learn about space by providing communication.
What is a satellite?
This is a system of objects in space that includes at least one star, planets, their moons, asteroids, comets, and other space debris.
What is a solar system?
What happens in a lunar eclipse? What does it look like?
The moon is revolving into Earth's umbral shadow, which makes it look red since it is on the other side of the Earth from the Sun.
What is the moon?
This planet is 2nd from the Sun.
What is Venus?
This type of technology helps humans learn about space by roaming planets and recording information from them.
What is a rover?
This is a collection of stars and their solar systems, dust, and gas.
What is a galaxy?
Some stars appear brighter or dimmer than others. Why? What terms do we use to describe this?
The apparent brightness of a star is determined by how close it is to Earth. We know that stars also have an actual/absolute brightness level that can be measured.
What is the Sun?
This planet is 6th from the Sun.
What is Saturn?
This type of technology helps humans learn about space by travelling out into the universe and examining things.
What is a space probe?
This is when a planet or other astronomical body spins on its axis.
What is rotating/rotation?
Name one constellation that can be seen in the Northern Hemisphere, and state which season it can be seen in.
Ex: Winter we see the Canis Major, Taurus, Orion; Spring we see Leo, Virgo, the Ursa Major; Summer we see Cygnus, Lyra, Aquila; Fall we see Pegasus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda.
Give three good examples of events that prove gravity works.
Ex: Jumping, dropping something, fruit falling from trees, etc.
This planet is 3rd from the Sun.
What is Earth?
This type of technology helps humans learn about space because we were able to go to the moon in this event and learn all about it.
What is the lunar landing?
This is when a planet or other astronomical body orbits around a star or other object.
What is revolving/revolution?
Name one constellation that we can see in the Southern Hemisphere, and state when you can see it.
Ex: Winter we can see Scorpius, Sagittarius, Ophiuchus; Spring we see Tucana, Aquarius, Cetus; Summer we see Hydra, Eridanus, Puppis; Fall we see Crux, Centaurus, Carina.
Bonus Question!
Planets orbit or revolve in this shape.
What is an oval?