Rotation/Revolution
Space
Stars
Solar System
Trick or Treat
100
How long does it take earth to make one rotation
24 hours
100
What is the name of our Galaxy?
Milky Way
100
How many stars do we have in our Solar System
One
100
How many planets do we have in our Solar System?
8
100
What force keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
Gravity
200
What does the rotation of earth create
Day and night
200
What shape is our Milky Way galaxy
Spiral
200
What life cycle stage is our star in
Main Sequence
200
What do we call the first four planets?
Terrestrial
200
Why is earths revolution only 365.25 days and Saturn's orbit is 19 years.
The distance from the sun
300
What is the tilt of earth on its axis?
23.5 degrees
300
What seperates the inner and outer planets?
Asteroid Belt
300
Why do stars in our night sky look so much smaller than our sun?
They are much much farther away.
300
How many stars do we have in our Solar System
1 our Sun
300
What are stars made of?
Gasses
Hydrogen and Helium
400
How long does it take earth to make one complete revolution around the sun?
365.25 days
400
What do we call the path planets path around our star?
Orbit
400
What is the other term that we use for the Brightness of a star?
Magnitude
400
Name me the four Gas Giants.
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
400
List the layers of the sun from inner most to the outer layer.
core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere, corona
500
Name the two tings the create our Seasons
Our revolution pattern and our Tilt
500
How are Dwarf Planets different from other planets
They must be
1. Round
2. Orbit a star
3. Clear their path
500
List the life cycle of a average size star in order.
Nebula
Protostar
Main sequence
Expanding Star
Red Giant
Planetary Neubla
White Dwarf
500
Name the 8 planets in order from farthest away to closests
Neptune Mars
Uranus Earth
Saturn Venus
Jupiter Mercury
500
The picture shows the positions of four stars relative to Earth's axis and equator.
When viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, which star appears to stay in the same place in the sky throughout the night?
Star 1
Star 2
Star 3
Star 4