Planets
How many planets are in the solar system?
8 (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)
True or False: The sun is NOT a star
False, the sun IS a star and is the center of our solar system.
What is the invisible line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
True or False: The moon produces light.
False: The moon DOES NOT produce light. It just reflects the sun's light back to the Earth.
True or False: The universe is so big that scientists had to create a new way to measure it
True: Light years
True or False: Each of the 2 sides of Mercury have different temperatures.
True: It spins very slow and has a thin atmosphere so that the side not facing the sun is freezing cold and the side that is facing the sun is very hot.
True or False: Everything orbiting our sun is part of our solar system
True
How long does the full revolution of the Earth take?
365 1/4 days
What are the different shapes of the moon called?
Moon phases
What is a meteor?
Pieces of asteroids, comets, moons, or planets that end up hitting the Earth's atmosphere. They create a streak of light across the sky.
Which planet is nicknamed the "Red planet"?
Mars
Rotation of the Earth causes what type of change?
Day to Night
Revolution or Rotation: Which causes the seasons?
Revolution
When the moon's gravity pulls on the oceans, a rise in the level of the oceans occurs. What is this called?
High Tide
What are Saturn's rings made of?
Rock and Ice
Which planet rains diamonds?
Uranus
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
Which way does the Earth spin on its tilted axis?
Anti-clockwise
How many hours does it take for the coastline to go from High tide to Low tide and back to High tide again?
6 hours
How old is the universe estimated to be?
A) 16 Million years old
B) 13.8 Billion years old
C) 14 Billion years old
B) 13.8 Billion years old
How hot is Venus?
460 C. The thick atmosphere traps heat and even creates acid rain.
How long does it take for the Earth to complete a rotation?
~24 hours (23 hours and 56 minutes)
The moon orbits around the earth and spins too. The time it takes to do one revolution and rotation are the same. What does this mean? How does the effect what we see?
We always see the same side of the moon.
What happens to form a "new moon" phase? How are the sun, moon and earth positioned?
The moon and sun are on the same side of the Earth so all the light reflected from the moon travels away from earth
What is the difference between a "comet" and an "asteroid"?
Comet: space snowballs, frozen gas + dust at their center
Asteroid: rocky worlds from when our solar system was formed