Earth
True or False:
The Earth is a perfect sphere
False!
The Earth is slightly smooshed at both poles, and sticks out/bulges at the equator
The Sun is a ____ star
a) cold
b) mid-sized
c) collapsing
d) red
b) mid-sized
The Kuiper Belt is a ______ factory
a) asteroid
b) planet
c) star
d) comet
d) comet
_____ lightning bolts hit the Earth every ______
a) 10; minute
b) 100; second
c) 1,000; hour
d) 10,000; day
b) 100; second
Planet X is believed to be:
a) a hot, small, dry planet
b) a big, cold, gas giant planet
c) a small, terrestrial, hot planet
d) a medium sized, ice planet
b) a big, cold, gas giant planet
The Earth spins _____ mile(s) per hour
a) 1
b) 100
c) 1,000
d) 10,000
c) 1,000
The Earth slowly spins slower as the Moon's gravity pulls on the Earth
_____ Earths could fit inside the Sun
a) 1,300
b) 13,000,000
c) 13,000
d) 1,300,000
d) 1,300,000
The Kuiper Belt is located where?
a) between Mercury and the Sun
b) after Mars and before Jupiter
c) after Saturn and before Uranus
d) after Neptune
d) after Neptune
A lightning bolt can be ____ miles long
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
e) 5
With how dense Planet X could be, it could take ______ to ______ years to circle the Sun
a) 5,000; 50,000
b) 10,000; 20,000
c) 15,000; 30,000
d) 100; 1,000
b) 10,000; 20,000
Earths magnetic shield protects us from
a) aliens
b) crashing into another planet
c) solar radiation
d) space trash
c) solar radiation
The light from the Sun takes approximately ______ _______ to reach the Earth
a) 8 seconds
b) 8 minutes
c) 8 hours
d) 8 days
b) 8 minutes
The Kuiper Belt is not the home of this dwarf planet:
a) Ceres
b) Pluto
c) Makemake
d) Haumea
a) Ceres
It is located between Mars and Jupiter
A single flash of lightning can light a lightbulb for ___ months
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
b) 3
a) 5x
b) 10x
c) 15x
d) 20x
b) 10x
It means this can take thousands of years to go around the sun 1 time
Earth's _____ drifts/moves
a) land
b) continents
c) tectonic plates
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
d) all of the above
The Sun is a medium-hot ______ , _______ star
a) yellow, dwarf
b) red, protostar
c) white, dwarf
d) red/orange, neutron
a) yellow, dwarf
The Kuiper Belt is ______ shaped
a) swirl
b) donut
c) round
d) oblong
b) donut
True or False:
Thunder happens before lightning
False!
Light travels faster than sound which is why we see lightning then hear thunder
It is believed to be the ___ planet
a) 9th
b) 10th
c) 11th
d) 12th
a) 9th
The Earth orbits around the Sun ______ miles per hour in the _______ Galaxy
a) 67; Andromeda
b) 670; Tadpole
c) 6,700; Whirlpool
d) 67,000; Milky Way
d) 67,000; Milky Way
The Sun creates light and energy by burning _____ into _______
a) hydrogen; helium
b) oxygen; nitrogen
c) silicon; potassium
d) radon; dubnium
a) hydrogen; helium
The objects in the Kuiper Belt are:
a) frozen water
b) methane
c) ammonia
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
d) all of the above
a) hotter
b) colder
c) the same temperature
a) hotter
Planet X is
a) fake news
b) a real planet
c) a mystery
d) a theorized planet
d) a theorized planet
Nasa believes it lies past Neptune