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planets
moon/solar system
Kuiper Belt
sun
experiments
100
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
100
Which planet has the most moons?
Jupiter
100
Where is the Kuiper Belt located?
The perimeter of the Solar System.
100
What is another name for sun?
sol
100
What is the name of the object that is changed in an experiment?
variable
200
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
200
What is another name for moon?
satellite
200
What three items can be found in the Kuiper Belt?
Dwarf planets, Eris, Pluto, comets
200
What is the sun comprised of?
Hydrogen & Heliem
200
What is the name of the graph that has an x & y axis?
two-coordinate graph
300
8
How many planets are there?
300
Do asteroids have moons?
yes
300
Where is the sun located in the solar system and what is it?
It is a star in the middle of the solar system.
300
What is the name of the scientist that created the 3 laws of motion and which law did we study?
Mr. Newton and the law that states all objects in motion travel in straight paths.
400
What are the planets in order starting with the one that is closest to the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
400
What is the name of the galaxy we live in and what would you find in our solar system?
The Milky Way, and you'd find Earth, its moon, seven other planets, their satellites, and small objects such as comets and asteroids.
400
What are the objects that seperate the terrestrial planets from the gas giants?
asteroids
400
What is the path of a planet due to?
gravitational attraction between the sun and the planets.
400
What is the name of the variable that you know before the experiment begins and the name of the one that you find out after doing the experiment?
independent variable- dependent variable
500
What are the two types of planets and name the ones that fall into each category.
Gas Giants and Terrestrial planets- Gas: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Terrestrial: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
500
What is the study of the universe and its celestial bodies?
Astronomy
500
How does gravity help our earth?
Prevents it from flying away from the sun.
500
What is the relationship between the ball and the string and how our sun and planets work?
The path of the ball in the orbit and the pull is the gravitational pull from the sun.
500
Describe the data that we collected about swingers.
The longer the swinger the shorter the cycle and the shorter the swinger the longer the cycle.