Intro into the Planets
What is at the center of our solar system?
The sun, a star that our solar system is closest to.
True or false: Stars go in during the day and come out at night
False
Astronomy is the study of ______________
outer space
Roller Coasters need to pull and push carts up to the apex of a __________ to get started.
hill
Is gravity a push or a pull?
Pull
What is the definition of a solar system?
A solar system includes a star and the planets and other space objects that travel around it.
True or False: The sun is the largest star in our solar system.
True
Why does sound not travel in outer space?
there is no air or matter for the sound waves for sound waves for the energy to travel through
PUshing the cart of the hill causes the cart to have ___________ energy at the top of the hill.
Potential
GRavity is a __________.
Force
How many planets does our solar system have?
Eight
The reason we cannot see the stars in the daytime is because ________________ ________ ______.
THe earth spins and there is too much light to see stars on the half of the earth that the sun is shining on.
What is the word for light and heat waves that travel through space?
Radiation
Once the carts are in motion the energy changes to _________________ energy.
Kinetic
___________________ holds all the planets of the solar system together
Gravity
How many moons does Jupiter have and why?
79, large amount of gravity because Jupiter is so big
All stars except the sun look very small to us because they _____________ _________ ________ _____.
are very far away.
How do planets travel around the sun?
They orbit (rotate) and spin at the same time around the sun.
Jessica wanted the first cart because she thought it would be the __________ and she could see better.
fastest
True or False: Jupiter would not have the most moons of all the planets unless it was the largest planet _________________________________.
in the solar sysytem
True or false: All the planets orbit the sun at the same speed and at the same angle
False
Stars are made up of _________________
the elements of the periodic table which are particles of dust and gases.
What holds the solar system together?
Gravity
THe car the is the fastest it the ________ car because it _________
fastest, because it has been pulled down the longest time
THe object with the most gravity in the solar system is ___________.
The sun