Rotation/Revolve
What are the two differences between rotation and revolution?
Rotation is the earth take 24 hours to rotate on it's axis and causes day and night.
Revolution takes 365 days or one year to orbit the Sun causes all four seasons.
What causes moon phases?
The reflection of the sunlight off the moons surface
This planet is looks like the moon and is closet to the sun?
Mercury
The 8th planet from the sun?
neptune
What is the cause for the suns rays to hit in different angles?
The axial tilt of the earth
Earths rotation causes ____ and _____?
Day and Night
What are two true facts about Mercury?
It looks like the moon, it is closest to the sun
What are Terrestrial Characteristics of Venus?
Rocks, Craters, Mountains, and Canyons
2 facts about Jupiter
It is Gaseous, its' the 5th planet from the sun, its a large planet, its also called a gas giant,
What is the Earth's satellite that also effects tides?
The moon
Which of the following object Best shows an object that is rotating?
A) A desk fan
B) Apollo's Chariot
C) Jump Rope
D) Soccer ball going into the goal
A) A desk fan
C) Jump Rope
The earth rotates the moon? True or False
False: Earth rotates around the sun and the Moon rotates around Earth
Which two planets are similar in size?
Venus and Earth
Name all the Gas planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What did early astronomers believe was the center of the universe and other heavenly bodies orbited it?
Earth
If the Sun is facing more in the northern hemisphere than which season is occurring in the southern hemisphere?
It is Winter
What is the largest to smallest planet?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
Which planets have moons in the inner planets?
Mars and Earth
Draw on the white board the solar system and label it from Smallest to Largest Planet.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What interrelated and interdependent elements connects the solar system?
Matter and Energy
The revolution of the earth around the sun in 1 year causes _____,_____,_____,_____.
Winter, Summer, Spring, and Fall
Draw a solar eclipse diagram.
The Moon is drawn in between the Earth and Sun.
Which of the planets has a permanent blanket of clouds that traps thermal energy which causes high surface temperatures?
Which of the following are true about our sun? Choose 3 correct answers.
a. It revolves around the Earth.
b. It is 110 times the diameter of Earth.
c. It is approximately 4.6 billion years old.
d. It is average-sized.
e. It is a red star.
f. It rotates every 24 hours.
B, C, D
What are the moon phases and what do they look like?
First Quarter, Full Moon, New Moon, Third Quarter