Earth
THE EARTH HAS AN OCEAN THAT COVERS ALMOST________________ OF THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET.
70%
IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
WHICH IS THE BIGGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
JUPITER
PTOLEMY MADE A GEOCENTRIC MODEL. THIS MEANS THAT THE EARTH WAS _____.
[IN THE MIDDLE / AT THE CENTRE]
WHICH PLANET ITS KNOW FOR ITS RINGS, AND DOESN'T WEAR A CROWN?
SATURN
HOW LONG IS ONE DAY ON EARTH?
24HS
HOW MANY STARS ARE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
1. THE SUN
WHICH IS THE HOTTEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
VENUS
COPERNICUS MADE A HELIOCENTRIC MODEL. THIS MEANS THAT THE SUN WAS ______.
IN THE MIDDLE / AT THE CENTRE
When the temperature gets higher
It makes this liquid metal rise
It is also a planet’s name
Which is the one smallest in size
MERCURY
BY WHAT OTHER NAME IS EARTH KNOWN?
THE BLUE PLANET.
HOW MANY PLANETS ARE THERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
8
WHICH PLANET TAKES THE LONGEST TO ORBIT THE SUN?
NEPTUNE
GALILEO GALILEI OBSERVED THE DIFFERENT ________ OF THE MOON.
PHASES
What’s the name of the planet
Which is third closest to the sun?
In terms of moons that it has
You will find there is only one
EARTH
WHAT SHAPE DOES EARTH HAVE?
Oblate spheroid
NAME THE PLANETS IN ORDER FROM THE SUN.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
KEPLER DESCRIBED HOW THE PLANETS _________ THE SUN.
[ORBIT / MOVE AROUND]
I’m named after a Roman God
I’m the fourth planet from the sun
I am known as the red planet
And have two moons rather than one
HOW OLD IS EARTH ACCORDING TO SCINTISTS?
A) IT'S AROUND 1000 MILLION YEARS.
B) 4.54 BILLION YEARS.
C) 10 BILLION YEARS
B) 4.54 billion years ago.
WHERE IS THE KUIPER BELT?
IT IS PAST NEPTUNE
WHAT PLANET HAS SEASONS, POLAR ICE CAPS, VOLCANOES, CANYONS, AND WEATHER LIKE EARTH?
MARS
WHICH OF THESE THREE ASTRONOMERS DICOVERED JUPITERS' FOUR MOONS?
a) Ptolemy
b) Galileo
c) Copernicus
b) GALILEO
When looking at all of the planets
This is the second largest one
It has rings made of ice, dust and rocks
And is the sixth one from the sun