Stars
Why is the star Polaris important to navigation?
It always points north
What are the inner planets in order?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Venus
Toxic clouds
An object that orbits a body bigger than itself.
Moon
What is a collection of stars that makes a pattern?
Constellation
How would you describe the inner planets?
Hot, rocky, close together, small
How would you describe the outer planets?
Mars
Red planet
Rocky mass that orbits the sun.
Asteroid
When you see a shower of shooting stars, what are you actually seeing?
Meteors/Meteor Shower
Why does Venus appear so bright?
What separates the inner and outer planets?
Asteroid belt
Uranus
Rotates on its side
Frozen mass covered in ice and dust that orbits the sun.
Comet
What are the 3 layers of the sun?
corona, chromosphere, photosphere
What two planets do not have moons?
Venus and Mercury
This planet has 79 moons
Jupiter
Saturn
Visible rings
Shooting star
What is the difference between a star and a comet?
A star is a hot ball of gas that doesn't move and a comet is a frozen mass that orbits the sun.
What makes Mercury unique?
It has no atmosphere
T/F- a day on Jupiter is longer than a day on Earth. Explain.
False. Jupiter rotates 2x as fast as Earth
Neptune
Coldest planet
How does Earth's revolution around the sun cause seasons?
Its tilt on its axis