HOW LONG IS ONE DAY ON EARTH?
24 hours
HOW MANY PLANETS ARE THERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
EIGHT PLANETS
WHICH IS THE BIGGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
JUPITER
PTOLEMY MADE A GEOCENTRIC MODEL. THIS MEANS THAT ___________ WAS AT THE CENTRE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
THE EARTH
WHICH PLANET IT KNOWN FOR ITS RINGS?
SATURN
THE EARTH HAS AN OCEAN THAT COVERS AROUND _0% OF THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET.
70 %
HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
ONE (THE SUN)
WHICH IS THE HOTTEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
VENUS
GALILEO GALILEI OBSERVED THE DIFFERENT ________ OF THE MOON.
PHASES / CYCLESTHE SUN
WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE PLANET
WHICH IS THIRD CLOSEST TO THE SUN
IN TERMS OF MOONS THAT IT HAS
YOU WILL FIND THERE IS ONLY ONE
EARTH
BY WHAT OTHER NAME IS EARTH KNOWN?
THE BLUE PLANET
WHERE IS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
A) CENTAURUS A GALAXY
B) THE ADROMEDA GALAXY
C) THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
C) THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
WHICH PLANET TAKES THE LONGEST TIME TO ORBIT THE SUN?
NEPTUNE
COPERNICUS MADE A HELIOCENTRIC MODEL. THIS MEANS THAT _______ WAS AT THE CENTRE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
THE SUN
I AM KNOWN AS THE RED PLANET
AND I HAVE TWO MOONS RATHER THAN ONE
MARS
WHAT TWO THINGS GUARANTEE LIFE ON EARTH?
WATER ON ITS SURFACE AND OXYGEN GAS IN ITS AIR.
NAME THE PLANETS IN ORDER FROM THE SUN.
MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE.
WHICH PLANET HAS 274 MOONS AS OF THIS YEAR?
SATURN
KEPLER DESCRIBED HOW THE PLANETS _________ THE SUN.
ORBIT / MOVE AROUND
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GETS HIGHER
IT MAKES THIS LIQUID METAL RISE
IT IS ALSO THE PLANET’S NAME
MERCURY
HOW OLD IS EARTH ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS?
A) IT'S AROUND 100 MILLION YEARS.
B) IT'S AROUND 4.54 BILLION YEARS.
C) IT'S AROUND 8.46 BILLION YEARS
B) 4.54 BILLION YEARS
WHERE IS THE KUIPER BELT?
A) PAST MARS.
B) PAST NEPTUNE.
C) PAST SATURN.
B) PAST NEPTUNE.
PLUTO AND OTHER DWARF PLANETS ARE IN THE KUIPER BELT.
WHAT PLANET HAS SEASONS, POLAR ICE CAPS, VOLCANOES AND WEATHER LIKE EARTH?
MARS
WHICH ASTRONOMER DISCOVERED THE FOUR LARGEST MOONS OF JUPITER?
A) PTOLEMY
B) GALILEO
C) COPERNICUS
b) GALILEO. THEY ARE CALLED GALILEAN MOONS.
WHAT PLANETS HAVE RINGS?
A) VENUS, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE.
B) MERCURY, JUPITER, SATURN AND NEPTUNE.
C) JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE
C) JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE.
SATURN HAS THE LARGEST RINGS. THE OTHERS HAVE FAINT RINGS.