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Astronomy (Earth and Solar System) ES.3a, b, c, d
Question | Answer |
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What are the two types of planets in our solar system? | Small, rocky, high density inner planets and large, gaseous, low density outer planets. |
What separates the inner planets and outer planets? | An asteroid belt. |
What are asteroids? | Pieces of broken planet. |
Where are they found? | In the Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. |
What is the order of the planets from the Sun? | 1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4. Mars 5. Jupiter 6. Saturn 7. Uranus 8. Neptune |
What are inner planets similar in? | Composition, atmosphere, and short periods of revolution. |
How many days does it take for Mars to rotate around the Sun? | One |
How many days does it take for Mercury to rotate around the Sun? | 56 |
How many days does it take for Venus to rotate around the Sun? | 243 |
How many moons does Mercury have? | 0 |
How many moons does Venus have? | 0 |
How many moons does Mars have? | 2 |
What kind of moons does Mars have? | Captured asteroids |
What is Mars soil have in high content? | Iron |
What are outer planets similar in? | Size, atmospheres, many moons, and long periods of revolution. |
What is Jupiter's Big Red Spot? | A huge storm |
What is Pluto considered to be? | A dwarf planet |
What is a comet? | Frozen gas that orbits the Sun |
What is a meteoroid? | A left over piece of a comet's tail. |
What is a meteor? | When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere |
What is a meteorite? | When a meteor will strike Earth |
What is the shape called that planets orbit in? | An ellipse/ovals |
What is is called when the Earth is close to the sun in winter? | Perihelion |
What is it called when the Earth is far from the sun in summer? | Aphehelion |
What is the degree that the Earth tilts on? | 23 ½ degrees |
What is a solstice? | When the Sun is is at its most northern point or at its most southern point. |
Where do the direct sun rays strike at the Summer Solstice? | The Tropic of Cancer |
Where do the direct sun rays strike at the Winter Solstice? | The Tropic of Capricorn |
When is the Summer Solstice? | June 1st |
When is the Winter Solstice? | December 21st |
What is the Spring Equinox called? | Vernal |
What is the Fall Equinox called? | Autumnal |
When is the Vernal Equinox? | March 21st |
When is the Autumnal Equinox? | September 21st |
What is Earth's satellite? | The Moon |
What is the Impact Theory? | A statement that the Moon formed when a large object struck Earth and material from inside the Earth was ejected out in space and this material formed the Moon |
What two other theories have problems? | The Capture Theory and the Simultaneous Theory |
What was the first moon landing? | Apollo 11 |
Who was on the first moon landing? | Neil Armstrong |
Why does the moon phase? | Because of the reflected sunlight and the angle at which we view it |
What side of the moon is visible during the Waxing Phases? | The right side |
What side of the moon is visible during the Waning Phases? | The left side |
What happens during a Solar Eclipse? | When the Moon blocks the sunlight and a shadow falls on the Earth. |
What happens during a Lunar Eclipse? | When the Earth blocks the sunlight and a shadow falls on the Moon. |
Which two planets don't have moons? | Mercury and Venus |
What is the sun mostly made up of? | Hydrogen and helium |
What is fusion? | The combining of two hydrogens to make helium |
Where does fusion happen? | In the Sun |
Who discovered 5 planets and moons going around Jupiter? | Galileo |
What allowed us to look farther into our universe? | The Hubble Space Telescope |
What has the Hubble Space Telescope provided us pictures of? | Nebula, binary stars, super novas, etc. |