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Science Quiz of Jenn
For the Greensboro Montessori Middle School
Question | Answer |
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What is Scientific Notation? | Scientific Notation is to make bigger numbers smaller. For example, 19,000,000 1.9X10 to the 7th |
How much is a lightyear? | a lightyear is the distance light can travel in a year. The light from the Sun takes eight minutes to reach Earth. |
Wait-how far away is the Earth from the Sun? | 93,000,000 miles. |
What is my cosmic adress? | Isy Hassell 2206 Madison Avenue Greensboro Guilford County North Carolina USA North America Northwest Hemisphere Orion Arm Milkyway Galaxy Outer Space |
What is an asteroid? | A rock in space |
What is a meteor? | A space rock in our orbit |
What is a meteorite? | A space rock that hit Earth |
Name the planets in order | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (Pluto) My Very Exciting Mother Just Served Us Noodles |
Name and describe the Life Cycle of a star | Protostar-baby star, born in a nebula, doesn't shine because it is not hot enough Main Sequence- Nuclear Fusion, hydrogen is combined to make helium Supernova- Star becomes too large and collapses under its own gravity, making a Black Hole! |
Stars- are they all the same? | It all matters on location. Bright star might be; a. closer b.. bigger c. hotter a dimmer star may be a. farther b. smaller c.colder |
Name three stars. | Beetlejuice, Polaris, Sun |
What is the difference between Geocentric and Heliocentric? | Geocentric-the Earth is the center of the Solar System Heliocentric- The Sun is the center of the Solar System |
Why are there seasons? | Because the Earth tilts in different directions around the Sun. |