Soccer
Huge balls of gas like our Sun are what?
What are stars
This is the fourth state of matter. It happens when gas particles become superheated and electrically charged. This is the state of matter inside the Sun.
What is plasma
Our part of our galaxy that moves around the Sun is called our?
What is solar system
The attraction that any object of mass has on another object is called what?
What is gravitational force
This movement of the Earth causes day and night.
What is rotation
This causes direct and indirect sunlight throughout the yea,r causing us to have seasons on the Earth.
What is the tilt of the Earth
The shape of the Earth is a sphere. As the Earth rotates, different parts of the Earth face the Sun at different times. When the part of the Earth that you are located on is facing the Sun, we call this what?
Daytime
A grouping of stars in a region of the sky is called what?
A constellation
Polaris is the scientific name for what star?
What is the North Star
What movement of the Earth causes the constellations to appear like they are moving around Polaris during the nighttime?
What is rotation
What movement of the Earth makes different constellations visible during different months of the year?
What is revolution
A push or a pull is called what?
What is a force
A bench on a street could represent an object that remains at rest. What kind of force is it representing?
What is a balanced force
A soccer ball in flight is moving. What kind of forces cause a soccer ball to move?
What are unblanced forces
Downward is the direction that gravity always pulls objects on Earth. True or False, Downward is always the same direction.
False, because the Earth is a sphere, downward is always toward the center not constantly the same direction for everyone
The force or drag that air puts against the motion of a moving object is called what?
The force that resists the motion of two objects when they rub against one another is called?
What is friction
As the mass of an object increases, what happens to the gravitational pull of that object?
It increases
This causes the amount of daylight to change throughout the year.
What is the tilt of the Earth
In the Northern Hemisphere, it is Winter in December. What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
All the gases that surround Earth are called what?
What is the atmosphere
We revolve around the Sun, what revolves around Earth?
the moon
The gravitational pull of what causes the ocean tides?
What is the moon
This scientist came up with the laws of motion.
What is Sir Isaac Newton
What movement of the Earth causes us to have the pattern we know as a year?
What is the revolution