The Sun
What is the Sun?
What is a star that provides light and heat.
Why do we see different phases?
What is changing angles
What's the tallest mountain on Earth?
What is Mount Everest
What's the coldest planet?
What is Uranas
How many planets are there?
What is 8, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What is the Sun's surface made of?
What is Plasma
What exactly are the dark plains (maria)?
What is flat basins filled with solidified basaltic lava
How hot is the Earth's core?
7,952°F
What makes Mars red?
What is Iron oxide
Whats the red spot on Jupiter?
What is a storm
What heats the Sun's atmosphere? (Coronal)
What are Heat bombs
Why does the Moon always show us the same face (synchronous rotation)?
What is Tidal locking
Does wasting household water remove it from the cycle?
No
What are Saturn's rings made of?
Ice, dust, and rock.
What truly lies in a black hole?
A point of infinite density where all its mass is crushed
Why does the corona emit X-rays?
What is Its extreme heat
Why does the Moon have active volcanism (moonquakes) and a partially molten core if it's so small and cooled down?
slow shrinking due to cooling, Earth's tidal forces, and impacts
What is the deepest point in the ocean?
11,000 meters, about 7 miles, or 36,000 feet Challenger Deep
What was the first Planet Discovered by a telescope?
What is Uranas
If you could survive extreme conditions, which planet offers the most unique experience?
What is Venus
How do sound waves reveal the sun's internal structure?
how they travel, reflect, and change speed within the Sun
Why does the Moon have so many craters compared to Earth, and how do we date them?
it lacks an atmosphere, water, and active geology that erodes impact.
Why does water swirl differently in drains in the Northern vs. Southern Hemisphere?
What is the Coriolis effect
What planet has the longest day?
What is Venus, which is 243 Earth days
Could a planet exist that orbits between the Sun and Mercury?
No