Solar System 1
What is the sun?
A Star
What is the center of our Solar System?
Sun
The length of a year is determined by the Earth's...
Revolution
True or False: The phases of the moon are responsible for the changes in tidal range? (Tides)
True
How long does it take for the earth to complete one rotation?
24 hours/ 1 day
What are the four outer planets in order?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Who is the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What separates the four inner planets and the four outer planets?
Asteroid Belt
True or False: Earth rotates around the moon?
False
Which planet takes the longest time to orbit the sun? **furthest from the sun**
Neptune
What is the hottest planet?
Venus
How do we measure a year?
Orbit around the sun
How long does it take for earth to have one revolution around the sun?
365.25 days or a year
The Earth completes one ROTATION every...
24 hours
What causes the seasons?
The tilt in the Earth's axis.
What is the correct order of the gas giants from LARGEST to SMALLEST?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is another name for the outer planets?
Gas giants
What are the rings of Saturn made of?
Rocks and dust
What is the correct order of the planets from the closest to the sun to the farthest?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What moon phase occurs when the moon is closest to the sun?
New Moon
What is the correct order of the terrestrial planets from LARGEST to SMALLEST?
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
What did EARLY ASTRONOMERS believe our solar system revolved around?
Earth
What do we call Pluto now that it's not considered a planet?
Exoplanet
What are the all the planets in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
The part of the moon we see each night is caused by what?