Earth/Sun
What does Earth rotate around?
an axis
What is the difference between a meteoroid and a meteorite?
A meteoroid is a small piece or rock moving through space, and a meteorite has landed on Earth
Which is true about planets and asteroids?
-They are round
-They have an atmosphere
-They revolve around the sun
They have cleared their orbit
They revolve around the sun
an imaginary line around which an object spins
axis
any of the four closest planets to the sun
inner planets
Earth and the other planets closest to the sun are made mostly of...
rock
What is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust?
a comet
Which planet has a rocky surface?
-Neptune
-Venus
-Saturn
-Jupiter
Venus
one full orbit around the sun
revolution
a natural object that revolves around a planet
moon
Which is not a layer of the sun?
-photosphere
-solar flare
-corona
-chromosphere
solar flare
What kind of technology has allowed people to explore the outer planets?
space probe
Which of these planets is most like Earth?
-Jupiter
-Venus
-Mars
-Neptune
Mars
a group of stars that forms a pattern
constellation
a spacecraft that gathers data without a crew
space probe
How long does it take for the earth to rotate?
24 hours
Whose gravitational pull holds most of the asteroids in from hitting Earth?
Jupiter's
What is the acronym to remember the planets in order?
My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Noodles/Nachos
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an explosive eruption of waves and particles into space
solar flare
a large, round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit
dwarf planet
How does Earth's revolution around the sun cause seasons?
The amount of sunlight an area receives determines its weather. Because of Earth's tilt, as Earth revolves around the sun, different parts of Earth receive more or less sunlight. When the parts of Earth receive less sunlight, they have winter. When they receive more sunlight, it is summer.
If a student says that she saw a shower of shooting stars in the sky last night, explain what she probably really saw.
She probably saw a meteor shower. When loose pieces of comets collide with Earth's atmosphere, they cause a meteor shower. A meteor gets so hot when it shoots through the air that it glows as a streak of light. These streaks of light are what she saw.
What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune Have in common?
They are all gaseous planets
a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun
asteroid
a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun
comet