List the planets in our solar system starting at the sun and moving away.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Explain how a telescope works and why we use them when studying space.
What is They have two curved lenses that make an object appear larger. We use them to look at objects that are far away.
100
What is a constellation? Name two famous ones.
A group of stars that people thought looked like a pattern.
200
A name for a hot, glowing ball of gases is a __________.
What is a star.
200
In June the Northern Hemisphere begins which season?
What is summer
200
Which gas planet rotates on its side
What is Unranus
200
What is the difference between a comet, meteor, and an astroid.
Comet: Ice mixed with rock and dust that moves around the Sun in a long, narrow orbit.
Meteor:A piece of broken-off comet or astroid.
Astroid: The name of a chunk of rock or metal that orbits the Sun in the astroid belt.
200
What is the name of our galaxy
What is the Milky Way.
300
The amount of time it takes for Earth to complete one rotation is one ____________.
What is day.
300
Why do we have seasons?
The Earth is on a tilted axis and we are slightly closer to the sun in the summer and tilted away from the sun in winter.
300
What is the big red spot on jupiter
What is a storm
300
Why does Mercury have a shorter year than Uranus?
It is closer to the sun and a smaller orbit.
300
Most of our picture of deep space have been photographed by the________ telescope.
What is Hubble Telescope.
400
A curved piece of glass is called a___________.
What is a lens.
400
How do we get day and night? Please account for all 24 hours in a day.
The Earth rotates and we face the sun for 12 hours and we face away from the sun another 24 hours.
400
Which planet has a thick atmosphere known for a foul odor.
What is Venus
400
Jupiter has one of the shortest days of all the planets, why do you think this is?
It rotates very quickly.
400
Which star in the sky does not seem to move and why?
What is the North Star or Ursa Major.
500
A piece of broken off asteroid or comet is called a _________.
What is a meteor.
500
Describe why it looks like the sun and moon move across our sky.
What is They start low on the horizon then arc across the sky, ending low on the opposite horizon. This happens because the Earth rotates.
500
What units do we use to measure distance in space?
What is AU ( astronomical units) or light years
500
What do scientists think happens around each star?