Sun and Stars
All planets in our solar system orbit around this star.
What is the sun?
Earth rotates on it's axis in this amount of time.
What is 24 hours/1 day?
Gravity's pull pulls towards this
What is Earth's Core/Center of the Earth
Gravity pulls the parachtue down, this pushes the parachtue up.
What is air resistance?
How many moons does Earth have?
1
Stars that align in the sky in a particular pattern are called these.
What are constillations?
Earth orbits the sun in this many days.
What is 365 (365.25)?
The moon has this much less gravity than the Earth.
What is 6 times?
Another term for air resistance is this.
What is drag?
What is the closest object to Earth in space?
The moon
If a star appears larger and brighter, it may be _____ to Earth.
What is closer?
This is how we make up for the extra 0.25 days we have every year.
What is a leap year? or What is February 29th?
Weight is the force of gravity on the amount of this.
What is mass?
More _____ area allows for more drag.
What is surface?
Larger planets typically have ____ gravity than the Earth
More.
The star Betelgeuse is the _____ star visible to us in the sky besides the sun
What is largest?
This is why we experience day and night on Earth.
What is Earth's rotation?
If I stand on the ground the ground is pushing up on my feet. The opposing force is what?
My feet pushing down on the ground.
The strings that attach the canopy to the harness.
What are the risers?
Which planet's year lasts only 88 Earth days?
Mercury
This is the brightest star in our sky.
What is Sirius?
What is Earth's orbit?
These all have equal and opposite reactions
What are forces (or actions)?
The name of a whole parachute kit
What is a rig?
If a planet has a slower rotation, it's day is _______
Longer