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7L Astronomy @ AJHS
Planet earth and beyond
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many planets are closer to the Sun than the Earth? | 2 |
| Next closest star to Earth is | 4.3 x 1013 km away |
| how many planets are in the solar system? | 8 planets |
| what is a planet? | a large body of rock or gas that orbits around the sun |
| Stars are made up of | A massive collection of gases, held together by its own gravity and emitting huge amounts of energy |
| what is a meteor? | a streak of light that is created when matter in the solar system falls into the earths atmosphere. |
| A Satallite is a celestial object that travels around | another planet or dwarf planet in an orbit |
| Why does Earth have days and nights? | As Earth rotates on its axis, half is facing the Sun while the other half is facing away from the Sun. |
| Chunk of planet or rock or metal that orbits the sun. | asteroid |
| The Sun and Other Stars | Average in size |
| Imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole. | axis |
| What is a celestial object | Celestial objects are any object that exists in space |
| what are asteroids? | chunks of rocl or metal that orbit the sun |
| An orbit is a | closed path around a planet or dwarf planet |
| Large ball of ice and dust that orbits the sun | comet |
| A pattern of stars. | constellation |
| what is a round hole in the ground made by something that has fallen on it or by an explosion | crater |
| 24 hours, the time it takes the Earth to spin once on its axis. | day |
| This planet is 93 million miles away from the sun, it takes 365 days to rotate around the sun and the moon rotates around this planet every 24 hours, which planet is it? | Earth |
| An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. | Equator |
| The universe refers to | everything that exists including all energy, matter and space |
| The phase of the Moon when it looks like a bright, full circle. | full moon |
| Millions of stars grouped together. | galaxy |
| Gas Giants are composed mostly of | gas and liquids |
| The four planets furthest from the sun are classified as | Gas Giants |
| The two halves of a sphere – the shape you would get if you cut a solid ball in half. | hemispheres |
| What is the sun made of? | Hydrogen |
| Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The inner planets are all rocky planets. | inner planets |
| How is the composition of the inner planets different from the outer planets? | Inner planets are dense and rocky. Outer planets are made mostly of gases. |
| Astronomy | is the study of what is beyond earth |
| The Sun appears bigger and brighter because | it is closer to Earth |
| What does it mean to say that we see a star that is 30 light-years away? | It takes 30 years for the light from that star to reach Earth. |
| I am the biggest planet I have a red spot that is three times the size off earth, which planet am I? | Jupiter |
| The Gas Giants are also the outer planets and are… | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
| what are comets? | large balls of ice and dust that orbit the sun |
| A planet is a | large, round celestial object that travels around a star |
| A year with 366 days in it. We have a leap year every 4 years. | leap year |
| The distance that light travels in one year. | light year |
| Gives out light. | luminous |
| When the Moon moves into the shadow of the Earth. | lunar eclipse |
| 28 days – the time it takes the Moon to orbit around the Earth once. | lunar month |
| Which planet is called the red planet because the sand is made of red iron? | Mars |
| This planet is the closest planet to the sun, grey, covered with craters it has no moons, air, or water, it takes 88 days to revolve around the sun, which planet is it? | Mercury |
| Which planets are considered the inner planets? | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| What are the eight planets travel around the Sun | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| The galaxy that our Solar System is in. | Milky Way |
| A moon is a large lump of rock orbiting around a planet. The Moon is the moon that orbits the Earth. | Moon |
| I am the last and coldest planet, I am 3 billion miles away from the sun, it takes me 165 earth years to rotate around the sun which planet am I? | Neptune |
| The phase of the Moon when we cannot see the lit-up side. | new moon |
| Is Pluto a planet | No, in 2006, it was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” |
| The half of the Earth with the North Pole in it. The UK is in the northern hemisphere. | northern hemisphere |
| Our moon has a diameter that is | one quarter the size of the diameter of Earth |
| Path an object takes around another object. | orbit |
| The path that a planet takes around the Sun, or the path that a moon or satellite takes around a planet. | orbit |
| What galaxy do we live in | Our galaxy, is the Milky Way |
| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. All the outer planets except Pluto are made of gas. | outer planets |
| Which are considered to have colder surfaces and frozen gases inner planets or outer planets? | outer planets |
| A solar eclipse when the Moon only covers part of the Sun. | partial eclipse |
| The different shapes the Moon seems to have at different times. | phases of the Moon |
| Large body of rock or gas that orbits the sun. | planet |
| Movement of one object around another | revolution |
| Spinning of an object on its axis | rotation |
| What are Galaxie | s Galaxies are huge, rotating collections of stars, gas, dust, planets and other celestial objects |
| Anything that orbits a planet. | satellite |
| A moon is a | satellite |
| This planet has thousands of rings around it which are made up of ice, rock and dust which planet is it? | Saturn |
| What is the main difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid? | Size, meteoroid are smaller |
| When the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, and casts a shadow on part of the Earth. | solar eclipse |
| A star with planets and other objects orbiting it. | solar system |
| An unmanned space craft that has cameras and other equipment to find out about other planets. | space probe |
| A shape like a ball. | sphere |
| A huge ball of gas that gives out heat and light energy. | star |
| The star that the Earth orbits around. | Sun |
| What is an Astronomical Unit the average distance between? | Sun and Earth |
| What tool would you use to view a planet in the night sky? | telescope |
| To which of the two main groups of planets does Earth belong? | terrestrial planets |
| How many Terrestrial Planets are there and name them | The 4 planets closest to the sun are terrestrial. They are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. |
| the gaseous area surrounding a planet or other object is? | the atmosphere |
| Why do the planets and Sun appear to move across the sky? | The Earth is rotating |
| groups of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity is? | the Galexy |
| How many kms is our moon from Earth | The moon is 384,000 km away from Earth |
| Why does the appearance of the Moon change over the course of one month? | The moon revolves around the Earth and the Earth revolves around the Sun. |
| What makes up the Solar System | The sun and all the planets that travel around the Sun make up the solar system |
| What is the solar system? | the sun and objects that orbit around it |
| What does the Sun provide the Earth? | The Sun gives off radiant energy and solar wind allowing for life on Earth |
| The Sun is ________times the volume of Earth | The Sun is 1,300,000 times the volume of the .Earth. |
| How far is the Sun away from Earth | The Sun is 1.5 x 108 km away from Earth |
| The Sun is _______times the mass of Earth | The Sun is 340,000 times the mass of the Earth. |
| Is the sun a planet or a star? | The sun is a star |
| where is the sun located? | the sun is located in the center of the earth |
| What two factors create the seasons on Earth? | The tilt of Earth's axis and its revolution around the Sun |
| What determines the length of one year on Earth? | The time it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun. |
| Describe terrestrial planets | They have a hard rocky surface similar to Earth’s |
| A solar eclipse when the Moon completely blocks out light from the Sun. | total eclipse |
| All the galaxies and the space between them make up the Universe. | Universe |
| this planet is covered by blue green fog, it has grey moons, it takes 84 earth years to rotate around the sun, which planet am I? | Uranus |
| I am covered with thick poisonous cluds, I am very hot, I take 225 ddays to rotate around the sun which planet am I? | Venus |
| what does revolve mean? | when something is moving around in a circle around another object. |
| The length of time it takes a planet to go around the Sun. 365.25 Earth days. | year |
| Does the Milky Way include the Sun | YES, along with 200 billion stars |
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