The Universe
The universe is _____________ years old
What is 14 billion years old?
Define Solar System:
The system consisting of the sun the planets and other objects that revolve around it
The center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
What is gravity?
Name a main character from Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, etc.?
The universe started with the ______________.
What is the Big Bang?
Define Geocentric
Term describing a model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars
The number of planets in the solar system?
What is eight?
Is the sun's gravity stronger on Earth or Neptune?
What is Earth? (Because the distance is smaller.)
Why are the three women in Hidden Figures important to know about?
Is the universe expanding or shrinking?
What is expanding?
Define Planet:
An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit
Something the first four planets have in common?
This is measured in kilograms.
What is mass?
The universe is mostly _________. (Matter/Energy or Dark matter/Dark Energy)
What is dark matter and dark energy?
Define Gravity:
The attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill
Something the last four planets have in common?
What is giant in size, mostly gas, large rings, many moons?
Which planet has the largest gravity?
What is Jupiter?
This month is Women's History Month.
What is March?
Astrology is _______________.
What is pseudoscience? (Or not science)
Define Mass:
A measure of how much matter is an object
These two forces keep everything in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity and inertia?
A 10 kg object weighs this much on Earth. (Gravity = 9.81 m/s2)
What is 98.1 Newtons?
Term for "the simplest explanation is usually the best".
What is occam's razor?