Moons
Space Objects
Vocabulary
Famous People
The Planets
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What is the name of Earth's moon?
The moon
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Name the most famous comet.
Halley's comet
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define: terrestrial
having a terrain or a surface to stand on
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Which Greek Astronomer was a big supporter of the geocentric theory?
Ptolemy
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Name the planets in order starting at the sun and working out.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
How many moons does Mercury have?
none
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What two places do you find comets?
In Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud
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What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
spiral
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Who named and established the Oort Cloud?
Jan Oort
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What other space object does the surface of Mercury resemble?
The surface of our moon
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What is Jupiter's largest moon?
Ganymede
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Where will you find the dwarf planet Ceres?
in the asteroid belt
300
What is the difference between revolution and rotation?
Rotation is when an object spins on an axis and revolution is when an objects moves around something
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What important contributions did Tycho Brahe make to space science?
He made very careful observations and kept notes for over 20 years on what he saw in the sky and did it WITHOUT a telescope
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What planet is called Earth's twin and name 2 reasons why?
Venus because close in size, has an atmosphere like Earth, and has many of the same land features like volcanos, mountains, cliffs, valleys, etc.
400
How many moons does Neptune have?
13 moons
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How many dwarf planets are located in Kuiper Belt that have been discovered and named so far? Name them
2 - Pluto and Eris
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Define: solar prominences
huge, red loops of gas that often link sunspots on the sun and can extend way over the edge of the sun
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How did Johannes Kepler help out space science?
He took Brahe's calculations and discovered that the planets orbits were elliptical and not circular.
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What is the name of the newest rover launched to Mars, when did it launch, and when should it land?
Curiosity, launched Nov. 2011 (thanksgiving weekend) and will land in August 2012
500
How many moons does the dwarf planet, Eris, have?
1 confirmed moon
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Name the parts of a comet.
A comet has a head and a tail. The head is made up of the nucleus and the coma. The tail is made up of the dust tail and the gas tail
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Explain the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite.
meteoroid is piece of rock in space meteor has entered earth's atmosphere and burns up meteorite makes it through the atmosphere and hits earth's surface
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How did scientists prove Galileo's theory that things will fall at the same speed regardless of their masses and where did they prove it?
Astronauts dropped 2 different weighted objects at the same time on the moon and they landed at the same time.
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What is the biggest volcano in our solar system and where is it located?
Olympus Mons and is on Mars
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