Solar System
Number of planets are in solar system.
What is 8
How long does it take the Earth to complete one ROTATION on its axis?
24 hours
The amount of times the seasons change in a year.
What is 4
How many phases of the moon are there?
8
A streak of rock that is burning up as it leaves space and enters our atmosphere and lands on earth is called a
a) meteorite
b) star
c) comet
a) meteorite
The 4th planet from the sun.
What is Mars
How long does it take the Earth to orbit/revolve around the sun?
365 and 1/4 days
The season when the Northern Hemisphere gets more direct sunlight is ______ and indirect sunlight is _____
a) winter, summer
b) fall, spring
c) summer, winter
c) summer, winter
What does waxing and waning mean?
(Think: light is either increasing or decreasing)
Waxing means light is increasing
Waning means light is decreasing
A large object made of dust and ice that has a gaseous tail is called a:
a) meteor
b) comet
c) meteorite
B) comet
The belt of stars that divides the terrestrial planets from the gas giants.
What is the asteroid belt
What is the largest object in the Solar System?
a) Venus
b) the Sun
c) Neptune
b) the Sun
The sun rises in the ___ and sets in the ____
a) north, south
b) east, west
c) west, east
d) south, west
b) east, west
The moon emits its own light true or false
False! The moon reflects the light of the sun
A shooting star is actually a:
a) comet
b) meteor
c) meteorite
b) A meteor! It burns up as it enters Earths atmosphere and leaves a streak behind - it disintegrates before it reaches Earth
The order of the planets in the solar system from the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Bonus for Pluto!
Inner planets are _______ and outer planets are _____.
a) farther from the sun, closer to the sun
b) terrestrial, gaseous
c) gaseous, terrestrial
b) terrestrial, gaseous
What are the lengths of the days and nights during the Fall Equinox and Spring Equinox?
The days and nights are close to equal length.
How many moons does Uranus have?
27!!
What do circumpolar constellations do? (think about our cut and paste activity)
They travel in circles around the North Star, Polaris and are always visible
What is the name of Earth's North Star?
a)the Polar Express
b) Polar Star
c) Polaris
c) Polaris
What is a natural satellite in our Solar System?
a) Earth
b) our moon
c) the sun
b) our moon
During the Winter Solstice the day is very ____ and during Summer Solstice the day is very ____.
a) long, short
b) short, long
b) During the Winter solstice the day is the shortest and during the Summer solstice the day is the longest
When there is a solar eclipse the moon is:
a) between the sun and the earth (New Moon phase)
b) far away from the sun on the other side of the earth (Full moon phase)
a) between the sun and the earth which is New Moon phase
Which constellations are always visible?
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia and Cepheus