Pondering Planets
Called the "Red Planet" because of the discoloration of iron on its surface
What is Mars?
A small rocky object that can vary in size, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter
What is an asteroid?
A person specifically trained to travel into space
What is an astronaut?
The distance light travels over the course of one Earth year
What is light year?
Where we can read in the Bible about the creation of the universe
What is Genesis chapter 1?
The smallest planet in our solar system
What is Mercury?
What are constellations?
The force of attraction between all objects in the universe
What is gravity?
It takes Earth 23.9 (24) hours to complete.
What is rotate?
The first man to land and walk on the Moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Surrounded by seven prominent rings made of ice chunks, rock, and dust
What is Saturn?
A meteoroid entering Earth’s atmosphere
What is a shooting star?
Our galaxy earned this name because when it was first observed, it appeared to be milk spilled in the sky
What is the Milky Way?
The exact time it takes for the Earth to orbit around the Sun.
What is 365.25 days?
Used a telescope to make several discoveries such as the moons of Jupiter
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Large icy planets classified as ice giants
What are Uranus and Neptune?
Orbits the Sun and features a nucleus of ice and dust, forms a tail as it gets closer to the Sun
What is a comet?
DAILY DOUBLE
Reflection of the Moon follows these changes as it orbits Earth creating a new moon, first quarter, full moon, and third quarter
What is waxing and waning?
The average distance of 93 million miles between the Sun and Earth
What is an astronomical unit?
The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to reach the Moon first
What is the Space Race?
The hottest planet average 847oF
What is Venus?
Keeps objects in position in space including galaxies, all items with mass experience it
What is gravity?
Suggested by Nicolas Copernicus stating the Sun was at the center of the solar system
What is heliocentric theory?
Moves at approximately 186,000 miles per second
What is the speed of light?
A vehicle that uses solid and/or liquid fuel to force gas out and propel it forward
What is a rocket?