Essential Questions
Solar System
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Volleyball
100
Infer why life is unlikely on the outer planets in spite of the presence of water, methane, and ammonia, which are the materials needed for life to develop.
The outer planets are too cold for life. The water, methane, and ammonia are frozen.
100
wandering star
What is the meaning of the Greek word "planet".
100
Latin word meaning "Earth"
What is terra
100
The most massive of the gas giants
What is Jupiter
100
10-1
The record that Coach Martin has set as the standard for the volleyball team
200
Explain why Mercuy’s surface temperature varies so much from day to night.
Mercury does not have an atmosphere to hold heat, and it is close to the Sun.
200
the belief that Earth is at the center of the revolving planets
What is a geocentric system
200
the planet of extreme temperatures
What is Mercury
200
ice chunks and rocks
What are Saturn's rings made of
200
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How many weeks until the Junior High Volleyball's first game this year
300
List the inner and outer planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun. Inner Outer
Inner- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. Outer- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
300
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who is the person responsible for the heliocentric system.
300
the planet Venus has an interesting rotation called
What is retrograde
300
Was discovered as a result of a mathematical prediction
What is Neptune
300
2 Keys to winning a volleyball game in Junior High
Control the ball and let the other team make the mistake
400
What would seasons be like on Uranus? Explain. Be sure to address what it would be like when the North Pole points toward the sun, south pole points toward the sun, and when neither pole points toward the sun.
When th enorth pole points toward the Sun, the northern hemisphere has summer with perpetual day-light. The southern hemisphere hs winter in perpetual darkness. When the south pole points toward the Sun, the southern hemishpere has summer with perpetual sunlight and the northern has winter with perpetual darkness. When neither pole points toward the Sun, spirng/fall seasons occur, and both hemipheres experience day and night
400
the two factors that keep the planets in orbit
What are inertia and gravity
400
Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli identified this feature on Mars
What are channels
400
about four times the size of Earth
What is Uranus
400
How many home games do we have?
7
500
Compare and Contrast the Earth-centered model with the Sun-centered model of the solar system. Be sure to include information about the central body of each model, and how the model explained the movement of objects in the night sky.
Be sure to include information about the central body of each model, and how the model explained the movement of objects in the night sky.
500
discovered that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse
Who is Kepler
500
The inner planets in order from closest to furthest
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
500
The average composition of gases in the gas giants' atmospheres
What is 75% hydrogen, 24 % helium, and 1% other elements
500
What is our record?
1-0 Campbell is too scared to play us.
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