HOW DOES EARTH MOVE?
EARTH ROTATES AROUND THIS.
AXIS
THIS IS AN EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION OF WAVES AND PARTICLES INTO SPACE.
SOLAR FLARE
THIS IS A LARGE ROUND OBJECT THAT REVOLVES AROUND A STAR AND HAS CLEARED THE REGION AROUND ITS ORBIT.
WHAT IS A PLANET?
WHAT IS JUPITER?
THIS IS A NATURAL OBJECT THAT REVOLVES AROUND A PLANET.
ONE FULL ROTATION OF EARTH ON ITS AXIS TAKES HOW LONG?
24 HOURS OR 1 DAY
THIS IS A GROUP OF STARS THAT FORM A PATTERN.
CONSTELLATION
NAME THE PLANETS WITH A ROCKY SURFACE.
WHAT ARE THE INNER PLANETS?
NAME THE PLANET/PLANETS THAT HAVE RINGS.
WHAT ARE SATURN & URANUS?
THIS IS AN OBJECT IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT IS A FROZEN MASS OF ICE AND DUST.
WHAT IS A COMET?
THIS IS THE PATH AN OBJECT TAKES AS IT REVOLVES AROUND A STAR, PLANET, OR MOON.
ORBIT
THE PHOTOSPHERE, CORONA, & CHROMOSPHERE ARE THE_______________ OF THE SUN.
WHAT ARE LAYERS?
NAME THE INNER PLANETS IN ORDER FROM THE SUN.
WHAT ARE MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH & MARS.
NAME THE OUTER PLANETS IN ORDER FROM THE SUN.
JUPITER/ SATURN/ URANUS/ NEPTUNE
PLANETS AND ASTEROIDS BOTH REVOLVE AROUND THIS.
WHAT IS THE SUN?
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROTATION & REVOLUTION.
A ROTATION IS A WHOLE SPIN OF AN OBJECT ON ITS AXIS. A REVOLUTION IS ONE FULL ORBIT OF AN OBJECT AROUND ANOTHER OBJECT.
EXPLAIN WHY THE OTHER STARS ARE LARGER AND BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN, BUT THE SUN APPEARS LARGER/BRIGHTER TO US.
THE SUN IS CLOSER TO US.
NAME THE INNER PLANET THAT IS MOST LIKE EARTH.
WHAT IS MARS?
THIS IS A SPACECRAFT THAT GATHER DATA WITHOUT A CREW.
WHAT IS SPACE PROBE.
THIS IS A LARGE ROUND OBJECT THAT REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN BUT HAS NOT CLEARED THE REGION AROUND ITS ORBIT.
NAME AN EXAMPLE.
WHAT IS A DWARF PLANET? ----PLUTO---
EXPLAIN HOW EARTH'S REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN CAUSES SEASONS.
EARTH'S TILT AS IT REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN CAUSES THE SEASONS. IF THE EARTH IS TILTED TOWARD THE SUN---MORE SUNLIGHT ---SUMMER. IF THE EARTH IS TILTED AWAY FROM THE SUN---LESS SUNLIGHT---WINTER.
EXPLAIN WHY POLARIS IS IMPORTANT.
IT DOES NOT SEEM TO MOVE AS EARTH ROTATES. IT IS ABOVE THE NORTH POLE SO IT HELPS NAVIGATORS FIND NORTH.
NAME SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF INNER PLANETS.
SMALLER/ ROCKY SURFACE/ SHORTER ORBIT TIME.
NAME SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OUTER PLANETS.
THEY ARE LARGER AND HAVE LONGER ORBITS THAT THE INNER PLANETS. THEY ARE GAS GIANTS.
IF A STUDENT SAID THAT SHE SAW SHOOTING STARS LAST NIGHT. WHAT DID SHE PROBABLY SEE?
A METEOR SHOWER IS WHAT SHE SAW. A METEOR GETS SO HOT AND SHOOTS THROUGH THE AIR THAT IT GLOWS AS A STREAK OF LIGHT. THE STREAK OF LIGHT LOOKS LIKE A SHOOTING STAR.