PLANETS
Name all planets in our solar system. Put them in order - starting from the closest to the Sun etc.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
*Pluto
Space is completely silent.
True
Black holes
Thousands of shooting stars in the sky in yesterday's __________
METEOR SHOWER
What does the ISS mean?
International Space Station
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
One million Earths can fit inside the Sun.
True
A full moon occurs every ___ days.
a) 27.5
b) 28
c) 29.5
c) 29.5 days
This is known as a lunar cycle.
Experts discover smallest ________ at the edge of our solar system.
DWARF PLANET
Give three difficulties involved in colonizing Mars.
- the lack of oxygen
- the lack of gravity
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
A full NASA space suit costs $1, 200,000.
Fals
It costs bout $12,000,000.
The Sun will become a giant r____ s____ and swallow up Mercury, Venus and the Earth.
red star
Citizens urged no to look at the sun directly during the ___________.
TOTAL ECLIPSE
How do you call a person who operates on people?
The first letter is S.
A surgeon
What is the so-called 'dwarf planet'?
Pluto
One day on Venus is shorter than a year on Earth.
False
Venus has a slow axis rotation which takes 243 Earth days to complete its day. The orbit of Venus around the Sun is 225 Earth days, making a year on Venus 18 days less than a day on Venus.
A l_____ _____ is a measure of distance that equals 9.5 trillion kilometres!
Light year
_______ will be home to thousands in 2100.
SPACE STATIONS
How do you call a person who digs for coal or minerals from the earth?
Which planet has the most rings?
Saturn
There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way.
True
There are about three trillion trees on Planet Earth, and between 100-400 billion stars, approximately, in the galaxy.
What was the name of the first space station that the USA launched in 1973?
The first letter is S.
Skylab
The Earth ________ the Sun every 365 days.
ORBITS
What does NASA stand for?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration