Mixed Bag 1
What is the path that any object in space takes as it goes around another?
Orbit
What do we call the spinning motion of a planet around its own axis?
Rotation
What is the cause for the earth to experience seasons like spring, summer, fall, and winter?
The tilt of the earth on its axis
What are the Inner Planets known as?
Terrestrial Planets (or rock planets)
Which Solar System model places the earth in the center?
Geocentric Model
Kepler came up with with the First Law of Planetary Motion to describe the shape of a planet's orbit around the sun. Name that shape.
Elliptical (not circular)
How long does it take for the earth to complete one full rotation?
1 day (24 hours)
How many degrees is the axis of the earth tilted?
23.5
What are the Outer Planets known as?
Gas Giants
Which Solar System model places the sun in the center?
Heliocentric Model
Which one of Kepler's laws states that the speed of a planet's orbit changes as it gets closer to or further away from the sun?
Kepler's 2nd Law of Planetary Motion
What is the name for the term used to describe the earth traveling completely around the sun one time?
Revolution
What season is happening in the NORTHERN Hemisphere in the picture Mr. B provides?
Summer
This is the largest planet in our solar system, on which a giant "red eye" storm still rages.
Jupiter
What is the tendency of an object in motion to stay in motion, or an object at rest to stay at rest, unless acted upon by an outside force?
Inertia
What is the name for the universal force that every mass exerts on every other mass?
Gravity
1 year (365.25 days)
What season is happening in the NORTHERN Hemisphere in the picture Mr. B provides?
Winter
This planet is sometimes referred to as our "twin sister."
Venus
What force holds together our Solar System?
Gravity
Explain the difference between Mass and Weight (on microphone preferred)
Mass is how much matter something contains (density), while Weight is the measure of the force of gravity on an object.
How many revolutions and rotations does it take to make one full earth year?
365 Rotations
1 Revolution
What is the name for the time (happens twice a year) when day and night are the SAME length...
Equinox (Spring and Fall)
This planet is currently being explored by rover "dune buggy" machines to see if humans might one day be able to visit...
Mars
What two things does Gravity depend on?
Mass and Distance