Sun Facts
What type of object is the sun?
Star
What planet that we know that has life?
Earth
What are meteors?
A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere as a result of friction they appear as a streak of light.
What are comets made of?
Dust, ice and small rocky particles
What is the Earth's satellite?
The moon.
What type of energy does the sun produce?
Light and heat
What planet is the smallest and closest to the sun?
Mercury
A meteor is also known as a ..?
A shooting Star.
What comet appears every 76 years?
Halley's Comet.
When did man step on the moon?
20th July 1969
How long does it take Earth to make 1 complete revolution around the Sun?
365 days or 1 year
What 2 things all planets in our solar system have in common?
Orbit the sun and Rotate
What are asteroids?
Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
Comets have 2 tails what are they made of?
Dust and Gas (Ion/Plasma) particles
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
How do we see the moon?
The sun's light is reflecting on it.
What 3 things all inner planets have in common?
-Made of rock
- 2 or less moons.
- no rings
- Smaller in size
What does the asteroid belt separate?
The inner and outer planets.
What is the coma of a comet?
The cloud of gases and dust that surrounds the nucleus - it gives off a fuzzy appearance.
What Roman God is Pluto named after?
The God of the Underworld.
What keeps in orbit around the sun?
Gravity
What 3 things all outer planet have in common?
Larger in size, 10 more more moons, made of gas, have rings
When does a meteor become a meteorite.
When a meteor hits the earth's surface without being destroyed, then it is then called a meteorite.
What is the nucleus of a comet?
The nucleus is the solid core at the head of the comet.
It is made up of frozen molecules including water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and ammonia as well as other inorganic and organic molecules. The nucleus is usually around 10 kilometers wide.
What was the first animal to orbit Earth?
A dog (Samoyed terrier) called Laika in 1957