Planets
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
What is Jupiter
What is mass?
Measure of the amount of matter in an object
How many moon phases are there?
8
What is a spring tide?
Known as the strong tide when the Sun, moon and Earth line up in a straight line.
What is the main component of the sun
What is Hydrogen
Which planet is referred to as earth's twin?
Venus
What is weight?
The force of gravity on an object or mass.
Why does the moon appear to change shape over time?
The sun lights up different parts of the moon as it orbits Earth
What is a neap tide?
Considered the weak tide when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up a 90 degree or right angles.
What is Earth's natural satellite?
What is the moon
Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, even though Mercury is closer to the sun?
If my mass on Earth is 15 grams would my mass be more or less on Jupiter?
Neither more or less because mass stays the same no matter where you are.
What moon phase occurs first in the moon phase cycle where the moon is between the Earth and the Sun?
New moon (the sun is shining on the side of the moon that we cannot see from Earth)
What are the names of the moon phases that occur during a neap tide?
( Must name all correct to get points?)
1st and 3rd quarter moons
What happens during a solar eclipse?
The moon blocks the sun light from reaching Earth.
What planet has the most extensive ring system?
What is Saturn
What are the units of measure for mass? ( You must name all correctly to get points)
Grams and Kilograms
What does the moon phase you see depend on?
How much of the sunlite side of the moon phases Earth.
What moon phases occur during a spring tide?
( must name all correct to get points)
New and Full moon
How does the sun produce energy?
What is nuclear fusion
What do all of the inner planets have in common?
Small and rocky surfaces.
What is are the units for weight? ( You have to name at least 2 correctly to get the points.
Pounds, Ounces and Newtons
Name the moon phases in order starting with the first phase. ( Must get all correct in order to receive points)
New, Waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent.
How might Earth's ecosystems be affected if the moon disappeared?
Tides would weaken disrupting marine life.
If humans colonized Mars, what challenges would they face due to its atmosphere?
Lack of oxygen amd extreme cold temperatures which would make it inhabitable.