Planets
What is the largest and smallest planet?
Jupiter and Mercury
What is a lightyear?
Measurement of distance, how far light travels in 1 year
Name 3 synonyms for beautiful?
Answers Vary
What does Geo mean and name 5 things in a geosphere.
Earth or ground. Answers Vary
How many times will light travel around the Earth in 1 second?
About 7.5 times per second
The rocky planets in order from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Describe the difference between meteor and meteorite.
Meteor burns up, meteorite hits Earth
What is the heaviest dog breed ever recorded?
English Mastiff
What does Bio mean and name 5 things in a biosphere
Life-Answers Vary
What comet returns to Earth about every 75-76 years
Halley's Comet
The gas giants in order by distance from the Sun.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the difference between a comet and asteroid?
Comets are ice and dust, asteroids are rock and metal
What is the lightest man made material?
Aerographene or Aerogel
What does Hydro mean and name 5 different things in a hydrosphere.
Water- Answers Vary
What is the most common element in the Solar System?
Hydrogen
Describe the difference between rotation and revolution.
rotation is spin
revolution goes around another object
What is gravity?
The pull of one object onto another
Find the volume
Length=4 in
Width= 3 in
Height=2 in
24 in3
What is an atmosphere ?
Air
How many moons on the planet god of the sea?
Neptune- 14 moons
List all the planets by size. Biggest to smallest
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
How far away is the nearest star to us, not counting our Sun.
About 4.2 light years away
Animal that kills the most people per year?
Mosquitos
Label the 4 layers of Earth starting with the center
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
If light traveled for 1 hour, how many miles would it have gone?
671 million miles