Planets
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
Earth requires _______ days to complete one revolution.
365
An axis is _________.
The imaginary line that goes through the northern pole and down through the south pole.
What's one significant fact about Mars.
Ex. It's the only planet that could potentially have supported life.
Why are there seasons on earth?
Axial tilt
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
The _____ orbits the earth.
moon
A waning gibbous is where _________.
3/4 of the moon is visible with darkness eventually covering the moon.
Name one significant fact about Jupiter.
Ex. It has a massive red spot (a large hurricane).
What's the first phase of the moon?
New
Which is the sixth planet from the sun?
Saturn
If it's spring in the northern hemisphere, then it's _________ in the southern hemisphere.
Terrestrial means______
rock or minerals
Name a distinguishing feature about Uranus.
Ex. It's on its side, it has rings.
What do we call the moon when it's completed half of its orbit around Earth?
Full Moon
Who had the smart idea that the Earth is the center of the universe?
Aristotle
Earth surface is 70%__________.
Water
The first four planets closest to the sun are called the________.
Terrestrial planets
Galileo invented the______ which helped him observe how planets revolve around the sun.
telescope
Name the first four phases of the moon cycle.
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous.
Name the planets in order from closest to furthest from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
One rotation on Earth's axis is ________.
24 hours
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are part of the ______
Gas giants or Jovian planets
What's significant about Copernicus?
Copernicus challenged the idea that Earth is the center of the universe. He said the sun was the center of our solar system.
Name the last three phases of the moon cycle.
Third quarter, waning crescent, and new moon.