Planets Part 1
What's the 2nd planet from the sun?
Venus
Red Planet
Mars
This is a type of galaxy shape with prominent arms that extend outwards
Spiral
What is the center of our solar system?
Sun
Is the Big Bang Theory a factual event that took place?Yes or No?
No.
It's a theory of how the universe was created. Not a 100% factually, proven event.
This is the Acronym that helps you remember the order of the planets.
MVEMJSUN
My (Mercury)
Very (Venus)
Educated (Earth)
Mother (Mars)
Just (Jupiter)
Served (Saturn)
Us (Uranus)
Nachos (Neptune)
Swift Planet
Mercury
A unit of distance used in astronomy; defined as the distance that light travels in one year.
Light-Year
This is the shape of our galaxy
Spiral
How long ago was the universe created?
About 14 billion years ago
"King of the Planets"
Jupiter
Planet with 2 moons.
Mars
List all 3 of the GENERAL shapes of galaxies we learn in this class.
Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular
Which is larger? Solar Systems or Galaxies?
Galaxies
True or False.
The universe is continuously moving inwards.
False
Planet on its side.
Uranus
What are the 3 rules that all planets follow to be considered a "Planet"?
List them.
1) orbits a star
2) big enough to have gravitational pull, turning it into a spherical shape
3) big enough to have a strong gravitational pull (pulls small objects into its orbit; clears similar sized objects away from its orbit)
The leading scientific theory about how the universe began.
Big Bang Theory
Between which two planets is the major asteroid belt?
Mars and Jupiter
The person who first theorized the Big Bang Theory was a cosmologist and a _________.
Priest
1) Which planet takes the longest to rotate a full 360 degrees on its axis?
2) How long does it take?
2) 243 earth days
Which "planet rule" does Pluto NOT follow?
Not large enough to have all small neighboring objects in its gravitational pull and larger objects repelled away from it
A MASSIVE system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter that is held together by gravitational pull.
Galaxy
What percentage of the solar system's mass is the Sun?
about 99.8%
What was the name of the person who first theorized the Big Bang Theory?
Georges Lemaître