Planets
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
What is a renewable resource?
Something that replaces itself quicker than it is depleted.
Define microplastics.
Tiny pieces of plastic that have broken down from human rubbish and are polluting the waterways.
How many hours in a day?
24
What happens when a meteorite hits the Earth?
What is the most well known dwarf planet?
Pluto
What is a non-renewable resource?
Something that takes generations to form and therefore, can NOT replace itself quick enough to be used.
Define precipitation
Water falling from the sky back to the Earth
How many days in a year on Earth?
365
Where are most asteroids located?
The asteroid belt
Which planet has the greatest gravitational pull?
Define solar energy.
Energy from the sun
List the three types of precipitation
Rain, hail and snow
How do years happen?
The Earth rotates around the Sun once.
Do large asteroids reach the surface of the Earth? Why?
Yes, because they do not burn up entirely like small asteroids.
Which planet has the most days in a year?
Neptune
How is wind energy collected?
Wind turbines.
What is the name for water being evaporated through trees?
Transpiration
The Earth rotates on its axis.
When does an asteroid become a meteoroid?
When asteroids get too close to Earth's gravitational pull and they are pulled towards Earth.
Put the planets in our solar system in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Explain why wind energy is not able to be used all of the time.
Sometimes there is not a strong enough breeze for wind to be collected.
What part of the water cycle creates clouds?
Condensation
Explain why it is a different season in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
Only one hemisphere can be close to the sun at one time making it summer, the other hemisphere is away from the sun making it winter.
What is the difference between a meteoroid and an meteorite?
Meteoroid = flying through the atmosphere
Meteorite = lands on the ground