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This tool is used to help us see objects in space that are far away.
What are telescopes?
True or false:
The solar system is made up of the Sun, the planets, and other objects.
What is true?
A large sphere, or ball, that moves around the Sun.
What is a planet?
True or False:
People told stories about some of the constellations?
True.
True or false:
Most meteorites are big
False
This device takes pictures high above planets to send back to scientists on Earth.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
Why can we see the sun?
The Sun is a star. A star is a hot, glowing ball of gases. The Sun is the closest star to Earth.
A tool to make far away objects appear closer and larger.
What is a telescope?
How did farmers use constellations?
Farmers used constellations to tell the seasons.
These are chunks of ice mixed with rocks and dust moving through space.
What are comets?
He used a telescope to prove Copernicus' claim was correct?
What makes up the solar system?
The sun and all the planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The Sun, planets, and all other object
What is the solar system?
Complete the sentence:
We see different stars in summer and winter because Earth _____ around the sun.
revolves
There are large pieces of rock or metal. They may be pieces of a broken planet.
What are asteroids?
What claim did Copernicus make that was against what most people thought at the time?
That the sun was the center of the universe, not Earth.
What are the inner planets, and why are they given that name?
The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are given that name because they are closest to the sun.
A large piece of rock or metal in space
What is an asteroid?
Why is Orion not visible during the day in summer?
Because it is in the same direction as the sun.
How does a meteor form?
Meteors are small pieces of ice, rock, or metal that have broken off a comet or asteroid.
Why is it difficult to see other stars during the daytime?
The sun is the closest to Earth. Its light makes it too bright to see other stars during the daytime.
Why are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune the coldest planets?
They are furthest from the sun, or known as the outer planets.
A group of stars that form a picture called?
What is a constellation?
Why do stars appear to move across the night sky?
Stars do not move? However, they appear to move across the night sky because the Earth rotes.
True or false:
Asteroids, comets, and meteors all orbit the Earth.
False.