The Orange Ball of Fire
Motha Earth & the T's
Gassy Giants
Comets, Asteroids, and Belts, Oh My!
Facts about Ms. G & Ms. Brooks
100
The sun is made up of different elements. Which element makes up more than 70% of the sun?
1. carbon
2. helium
3. hydrogen
4. oxygen
What is hydrogen?
100
What is the order of the distances of the terrestrial planets from the Sun, from farthest to closest?
- Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
- Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
- Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
What is Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury?
100
What is a gas giant?
- a large, red star
- a cloud in space made of gas and dust
- a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere
- a rock from space that reaches Earth’s surface without burning up
What is a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere?
100
Which term defines a small, irregularly shaped body made of rock or organic material that orbits the sun?
- asteroid
- comet
- meteor
- meteorite
What is an asteroid?
100
Where was Ms. G born?
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
200
Which term best describes the movement of matter due to temperature differences in the sun?
- conduction
- convection
- nuclear fusion
- radiation
What is convection?
200
Which of the terrestrial planets has the thinnest atmosphere?
- Earth
- Mars
- Mercury
- Venus
What is Mars?
200
How does the distance of Earth from the sun compare to the distance of the gas giants from the sun?
- Earth is much closer to the sun than the gas giants are.
- Earth is much farther from the sun than the gas giants are.
- Earth and the gas giants are about the same distance from the sun.
- Earth is located within the solar system with the sun, and the gas giants are located outside the solar system.
What is that Earth is much closer to the sun than the gas giants are?
200
Most Kuiper Belt objects have similar compositions to which of the following objects?
- asteroid
- comets
- meteorites
- meteoroids
What are comets?
200
Where and what does Ms. Brooks teach?
GOCA in room 211 and 5th Grade Math and Science
300
The sun generates energy by nuclear fusion. Which of these choices best describes what happens during the process of nuclear fusion in the sun?
- Gas atoms lose electrons to become smaller atoms.
- Helium is fused to form carbon.
- Dark spots form on the sun’s surface.
- Atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nucleus.
What is when an atomic nuclei combine to form a large nucleus?
300
What are three things that Earth provides humans that no other planet has?
1. Energy source
2. Water
3. Atmosphere
4. Geologically active
300
What property of the gas giant plants would account for their having more moons than the number of moons that orbit Earth?
- Gas giants rotate more rapidly than Earth, so they eject more material that could form natural satellites
- Gas giants are less dense than Earth, so they contain less material that could form natural satellites.
- Gas giants are more massive than Earth and thus have greater gravitational forces, so they could attract more objects.
- Gas giants are farther from the sun than Earth, so there are fewer objects in that part of space to attract into orbits.
What is gas giants are more massive than Earth and thus have greater gravitational forces, so they could attract more objects?
300
Which objects are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
1. Asteroids
2. comets
3. Kuiper Belt objects
4. Meteorites
What is asteroid?
300
Where did Ms. Brooks and Ms. G meet?
Jacksonville, Florida
400
A satellite took x-ray pictures of a solar flare. How did the solar flare most likelyappear on the x-ray pictures?
- as a dark spot
- as a swirl of red flames
- as a flamelike projection
- as an area of bright white light
What is an area of bright white light?
400
What is something unique about Venus' rotation (turning on its axis) and revolution (its spin around the sun)?
Venus takes longer to rotate on its axis than revolve around the sun.
400
What is a planetary ring?
What is a disk of material that circles a planet and consists of orbiting particles?
400
Whats the relationship between meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites?
What is a meteoroid is a rocky object in space, a meteor is a type of meteoroid that burns up in Earth's atmosphere, and a meteorite is a meteoroid that makes it through Earth's atmosphere?
400
Where did Ms. G go to school?
American University in DC
500
What are the three types of solar activity and what happens during each one?
1. Solar flare
2. Sunspots
3. Prominences
500
Name all four terrestrial planets and one thing that is unique about them?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
500
What are the four gas giants and name something unique about each one.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
500
Where is the Kuiper Belt and what is it made up of?
What is just beyond the orbit of Neptune and it is made up of icy objects (comets)?
500
What is Ms. G's biggest pet peeves?
MS. G....MS. G.....MS. G!!!!!!