What are some other objects in space besides planets and stars?
asteroids, meteroids, and comets
100
What does the moons gravitational pull create?
2 high tides and 2 low tides
100
What is the difference betweem rotation and revolution?
Rotation is the Earth spinning on its axis, it takes 24 hours. Revolution is the Earth revolving around the sun, it takes 365 1/4 days
200
What is Pluto considered
Dwarf Planet
200
What size star is the sun?
Dwarf Star
200
Ancient models of the solar system had what at the center of the solar system?
the Earth
200
How many planets have moons?
6
200
What causes the changes in the high and low tides?
The moon rises about 50 minutes each day.
300
How many gas planets are there? How many solid planets are there?
4 gas, 4 solid
300
What determines the stars color?
Temperature
300
Planets in the sky orbit in what kind of pattern?
Elliptical
300
The moon is considered a ____________ of earth.
Natural satelite
300
Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter
400
Each planet has its own special what?
features
400
What is a constellation, and how many are there?
A group of stars that seem to be close together, and 88
400
What keeps planets and other object in the solar system in orbit?
gravity
400
What portion of the moons surface is lit by the sun at all times?
half
400
What makes up our solar system?
Planets, a star, comets, meteroids, asteroids, and dwarf planets.
500
List the planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
500
Why do the stars appear ot move across the nights sky?
The Earths rotation
500
What do comets develop when they get closer to the sun in orbit?
A tail
500
What is the difference between Lunar eclipse and Solar eclipse?
In a lunar eclipse the moon travels through the Earths shadow. In a solar eclipse the moon blocks the sun from the Earth.
500
Explain how the amount of daylight changes with each season we are in. Which season do we get the most daylight? The least? Which seasons are we equal? Why do we have seasons?
We get the most daylight in the summer, the least in the winter, and equal in the fall and spring. We have seasons because of the 23 degree tilt our Earth has.