The Solar System
What is an Equinox?
when the earth's rotation axis is leaning along earth’s orbit.
Which planet has rings?
Saturn
Who was first in space?
Yuri Gagarin
What is the Hubble Telescope?
Space telescope
What is a Spring tide?
Occurs full moon, has extreme high and low tides
Is the moon a Satellite? (True or false)
True
What are Asteroids?
Millions of small, rocky objects that orbit the sun in the asteroid belt .
Which planet is red?
Mars
Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957 (True or False)
True
What is a Probe?
Probes are uncrewed spacecraft sent from Earth to explore objects in space.
What is a Neap tide?
Occurs about one week after spring tides, and has mild high and low tides.
Waxing Phases are?
More of the moon's near side is lit each night
What are Comets?
Is made of gas, dust,and ice and around the sun in an oval-shaped orbit.
Which planet is farthest from Sun?
Neptune
Which country started the space race? According to your textbook.
Soviet Union
How many kinds of probes are there?
3
What months to the solstice occur in?
December, June
How long is the lunar cycle?
27.3 earth days
What is the Solstice?
when the earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the sun or Unequal light.
What is Rotation Axis?
The Line on which an object rotates .
What was Apollo 11's main goal?
Land on Moon
What is a Satellite?
Any small object the orbits a larger object is a satellite.
What months to the Equinox occur in?
September, March
What are the four main parts of the moon's surface?
Craters, Rays, Maria, Highlands
Which planet is closest to Earth?
Venus
What is a Dwarf planet?
is a spherical object that orbits the sun.
Which spacecraft first orbited Earth?
Sputnik 1
What kind of waves does a radio telescope use?
Radio waves
What is Orbit?
the path an object follows as it moves around another object.
What's the moons phase in order starting with a full moon?
Full moon, Waxing gibbous, first quarter, waxing crescent, New moon, Waning crescent, third quarter, waning gibbous.
Put the inner planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
How many planets are in our solar system?
9
Who was first on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
What kind of wave does a Refracting Telescope or a Reflecting Telescope use
Light waves
What is Revolution?
The motion of one object around another object.
How many phases of the moon are there?
8
Put the Outer planets in order
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
When was Pluto Declared a dwarf planet?
August 24, 2006 or 2006.
Which year did Apollo 11 land?
1969
What are Three Main types of Probes
Orbiter, Lander, Flyby
What is Rotation?
A Spinning motion
How does the moon produce light?
The moon works like a mirror, by reflecting light off the sun and projecting it onto earth.