Our Solar System
Which number Planet is Earth from the Sun?
3
What do we call collections of stars that Humans group into pictures like hunters, bears, or dippers.
Constellations
This is a giant rocky body, but is smaller than a planet. If one hit earth it would cause MAJOR issues.
Asteroid
The first telescopes used two pieces of what to magnify distant objects
Glass
1) What is the study of things in outer space
2) What is the pseudoscience study of how constellations effect our daily lives
1) Astronomy :) (full credit if you get this first part correct)
2) Astrology :(
Name 2 Rocky planets
Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth
Who first used a telescope to describe the moon and discover moons circling other planets
Galileo
This is an icy body that has a tail made of gas that is lit by the suns reflection.
Comets
What type of telescope do we use to track asteroids motion in space
A) space based
B) spectral
C) traditional
D) Radar
Traditional
What planet is no longer a planet because it is too small, and has a second moon that is almost as big as itself?
Pluto
Name 2 Ice or Gas Giants
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
When we look at individual stars in the sky what does each pin of light actually contain? Name at least two.
whole galaxy, nebula, binary stars, single stars, solar systems.
These orbit around planets, not around the sun
Moons
What kind of telescopes to we use to see distant galaxies and get detailed photos of them
A) space based
B) spectral
C) traditional
D) Radar
Space Based
What are two of the three ways that we might protect the earth from a dangerous asteroid.
Push it with a light ray
hit it with a space ship
blow up some of it with a nuclear weapon
Orbits of planets are what shape.
Ellipses.
What is the difference between geocentric and heliocentric
Geocentric means earth is the center of the solar system and Heliocentric means we all rotate around the sun
These get super heated by the gases in our atmosphere and burn bright in the sky for a brief moment
Meteors
What kind of telescope is used to see what materials outer space objects are made of.
A) space based
B) spectral
C) traditional
D) Radar
Name for me any of the NON - visible parts of the light spectrum
xray
gamma ray
infra-red
ultra violet
radio
microwave
Name 1 of the three things that makes something a planet verses a planetoid.
1) They are round
2) They clear their own space in orbit
3) It orbits the sun (no duel planets / orbiting moons)
cirlces
These are small remnants of outer space objects that make it past our atmosphere and land on earth. They have some at the Chicago field museum.
Meteorites
What kind of telescope gives us detailed images of a near earth objects size, shape, spin, and topography.
A) space based
B) spectral
C) traditional
D) Radar
Radar
Explain to me why with sky is blue during the day and black at night.
Blue during the day because the suns rays bounce of the atmosphere and the color that makes it through for us to see is BLUE.
At night there is no light to bounce so we see other space.