Solar System
What is at the center of our Solar System?
The sun
what is a volcano ?
it is a mountain with magma inside
What is the main function of the nervous system?
It controls the body.
What is DNA?
It is genetic material
What is Earth?
Our planet/a planet
What is the biggest planet?
Jupiter
What is an earthquake?
it's a shaking of the earth
What is a neuron?
A nerve cell
Where is DNA?
In the cell nucleus
What is the Moon?
Earth’s satellite.
WHICH PLANET HAS RINGS?
Saturn
What is magma?
Hot rock inside the Earth.
What does the brain do?
It controls thinking and actions.
What does DNA do?
It gives instructions
How long for one orbit?
About 28 days.
What keeps planets around the Sun?
Gravity
Why do earthquakes happen?
Plates move and crash.
What are the parts of a neuron called?
Body, dendrites, axon.
What is DNA made of?
Small units (nucleotides)
Why does day and night exixt?
- because the earth rotates/ rotation of the earth
Since 2006, Pluto is a…
Pluto is a dwarf planet
What is the difference between Richter and Mercalli?
Richter = strength, Mercalli = damage
What do synapses do?
They connect neurons
What are the four bases of DNA?
A, T, C, G.
What happens in the solar eclipse?
the moon covers the sun.