Show:
The Earth
The Sun and The Moon
"Space Rocks"
The Solar System
The Big Picture
100
True or False: The Earth is the largest inner planet.
What is true.
100
True or False: Our sun is a large star compared to others in the galaxy.
What is false. Our sun is a medium star.
100
The name for the group of space rocks located between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the Asteroid Belt.
100
The number of true planets in our solar system.
What is 8
100
True or False: There are only hundreds of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is false.
200
The reason the Sun rises in the east.
What is Earth's counter-clockwise rotation.
200
True or False: The Moon's rotation and revolution take the same amount of time.
What is true.
200
The cluster of space rocks that exist just outside of Pluto's orbit.
What is the Kuiper Belt.
200
The reason Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
What is size.
200
The space feature or form that exists at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is a black hole.
300
The reason Earth is the only planet in our solar system to support life.
Acceptable answers include: water, oxygen, 24 hour day, temperature.
300
True or False: Both the Sun and the moon produce their own light.
What is False.
300
The famous comet that appears every 76 years and is featured in the song "Second Chance" by Shinedown.
What is Hailey's Comet
300
True or False: The Earth is the only planet that experiences hurricanes
What is false. (Jupiter's red storm)
300
The two main properties astronomers use to classify stars.
What is size and color.
400
Caused by the tilt of Earth's axis and the Earth's revolution around the sun
What are seasons.
400
The reason we can see phases of the moon.
What is the position of the sun and where the sunlight reflects off the moon to Earth
400
The difference between comets and meteors
What is their path. Comets orbit the sun. Meteors have a direct path.
400
The components of the solar system in order moving away from the Sun.
What is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
400
The term that describes how 'strong' a star looks from Earth.
What is apparent brightness.
500
Caused by the revolution of the moon around the Earth.
What are tides.
500
The reason that on Earth we have only ever seen one side of the moon.
What is the moon's slow rotation and revolution keeps one side of the moon constantly facing Earth.
500
The difference between asteroids and comets
What is composition. Asteroids have metal in them. Comets are "dirty snowballs" of ice, dust, and rock.
500
The planet most likely to support human colonization.
What is Mars
500
The seven processes that all living things do. Name at least 5 for full credit.
What is movement, respiration (breathing), sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, reproduction, growth.