Earth and Space 1
Waves don't carry water, they carry ______.
energy
The largest planet in the solar system
Jupiter
The ocean that has the deepest place on earth
Pacific Ocean
The farthest planet from the sun
Neptune
The largest and flattest part of the ocean floor
abyssal plains
How long it takes earth to rotate on its axis once
one day
What vocabulary word means the up and down movement of surface water?
wave
The Earth takes one year to make one of these around the sun
a revolution
If the moon is in a waning phase, what is it doing?
getting smaller
the part of the ocean floor where you would go if you want to wade into the water at the beach
continental shelf
the phase of the moon that looks very dark, you might not even be able to see it when it is in this phase
new moon
What season is it in the southern hemisphere when it is fall in the northern hemisphere?
spring
What vocabulary word means any object that revolves around another object in space? They can be man-made or natural.
satellite
a steady stream of water in an ocean is called a ___
current
When the moon seems to be growing larger every night, it is what? waxing or waning?
waxing
a large ball of burning gas that produces its own heat and light in outer space
star
the PATH that an object takes around an object in space
an orbit
The eight planets, and their moons, comets and asteroids that all revolve around the sun make up our what?
solar system
The star at the center of our solar system
the sun
Acceptable answer:
Sol
Of the 4 spheres of our planet, which sphere is made up of all the living organisms (trees, plants, bugs, humans, cows, bacteria, and even poison ivy)
biosphere
how long does it take for the moon to go through all its phases once
28-29 days
acceptable answer: about a month
the force that holds planets in orbit around the sun
gravity
3 factors that change as you move deeper into the ocean
temperature
light
pressure
(acceptable also: salt content of water)
Which planet is the 6th one from the sun?
Saturn
the smallest planet in our solar system
Mercury