Inner vs Outer Planets
The inner planet second closest to the sun
Venus
Our home galaxy is the ___________________
Milky Way
Why do stars that are bigger than our sun appear to be so tiny in the sky but the sun appears so big?
because the stars are so far away
A group of stars in a pattern seen across the sky
constellation
Mrs. Gil's class did a PJ trail walk. They counted and recorded how many squirrels, insects, and their species and also drew them. What is this an example of?
An observation
Name the planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
gas, dust
The word on your USA that means orbit
revolution
What is the closest star to Earth?
The sun
Lumi was testing which design of airplane flew farther. He maintained his controls and variables. What did he conduct?
An experiment.
Name all planets that have at least one moon
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
barred spiral
Earth's revolution around the star lasts _______ days. The moon's revolution around Earth lasts ____ days
365 1/4; 29
I am a collection of billions of rocks in a path between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid Belt
Lumi was testing which design of paper airplane flew further. He maintained his controls and variables. He threw the planes once, measured and recorded the data. What is his next step in his procedures?
He should repeat the experiment at least two more times to make sure his results are similar/the same.
Explain the composition of the rings and why they are revolving around the outer planets
ice, rock and dust, because of their gravitational pull.
How big is the Milky Way galaxy in diameter (from one end to the other end)?
100,000 light years
If we have a 1st quarter moon tonight, in 14 days we will have what moon phase?
3rd quarter
A _______ has a tail, a glowing head, comes from the Oort Cloud and is in an elliptical orbit around a star. It is composed of _____, _______, and _______.
comet; gas, ice, and dust
What is the difference between a control and a variable? BE SPECIFIC
A variable is what you are testing, the only change in the experiment. The control is what remains the same.
Inner: Rocky, little/no moons, thin atmosphere, short revolution around star, warmer, inside asteroid belt
Put in order from smallest to greatest: outer planet, inner planet, Sun, galaxy, solar system, our moon
our moon, inner planet, outer planet, sun, solar system, galaxy
About how many of Earth's rotations will it take to go from a full moon to a new moon?
How many revolutions has Mr. Fulmer made it around the star?
14; 42
Constellations (can/cannot) be seen in the same location in August as it is in December because of Earth's _________.
cannot; revolution
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Give an example of an experiment that would need a control group and what that control group would look like
Varies.