Question | Answer |
what does orbit mean | The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity |
whats the solar system | The Sun, the planets, Moons and other objects |
what does orbit mean | The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity |
whats the solar system | The Sun, the planets, Moons and other objects |
what's a galaxy | a group of millions or billions of stars held together by their own gravity |
what is the universe | space and all of the matter and energy in it |
whats a constellataion | a group of stars that from a pattern in the sky |
electromagnetic radiation | energy that travels across distances as certain types of light |
what is a spectrum | The range of color that appears in a beam of visible light when it passes though a prism |
what is an wavelength | The distance between one wave and the nest wavepeak |
what is a telescope | A device that gathers electromagnetic radiation to produce a clearer image |
what is a telescope | A device that gathers electromagnetic radiation to produce a clearer image |
In this, the colors of visible light appear in the order of the size of their wavelengths. | Spectrum |
This contains billions of galaxies. | Universe |
Radio waves and x-rays are forms of this. | Electromagnetic radiation |
Earth and seven other planets do this around the sun. | Orbit |
Using this device allows you to see distant objects in space. | Telescope. |
What does the moon do around the sun? | It orbits |
Ursa Major, Draco, Orion, and Leo are examples of what? | constellations. |
What does inertia do? | Keeps all of the planets moving around the sun without moving. |
The planets orbit the sun in what shape? | A curved path. |
Gravity makes sure that the planets don't do what? | Fly away from the sun. |
What would happen to the planets if there was no inertia? | The planets would stop moving. |
Gravity makes sure that the planets don't do what? | Fly away from the sun. |
What would happen if the there was no gravity? | The planets would fly away from the sun. |
What would happen to the planets if there was no inertia? | The planets would stop moving. |
Put the following in size order (smallest to largest): galaxy, solar system, universe, planet | planet, solar system, galaxy, universe |
What would happen if the there was no gravity? | The planets would fly away from the sun. |
Are constellations close together in the sky? | No. |
Put the following in size order (smallest to largest): galaxy, solar system, universe, planet | planet, solar system, galaxy, universe |
True or false: constellations and stars look close together from earth but are actually far away from each other. | True. |
Are constellations close together in the sky? | No. |
True or false: the sky turns as the Earth rotates. | False. |
True or false: constellations and stars look close together from earth but are actually far away from each other. | True. |
Do the stars move during the night? | No. |
True or false: the sky turns as the Earth rotates. | False. |
What makes everything in the sky appear to be moving? | Earth's rotation. |
Do the stars move during the night? | No. |
What is an advantage of the telescope? | It allows us to study space from Earth |
What makes everything in the sky appear to be moving? | Earth's rotation. |
What is an advantage of the telescope? | It allows us to study space from Earth |
what does orbit mean | The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity |
whats the solar system | The Sun, the planets, Moons and other objects |
what's a galaxy | a group of millions or billions of stars held together by their own gravity |
what is the universe | space and all of the matter and energy in it |
whats a constellataion | a group of stars that from a pattern in the sky |
electromagnetic radiation | energy that travels across distances as certain types of light |
what is a spectrum | The range of color that appears in a beam of visible light when it passes though a prism |
what is an wavelength | The distance between one wave and the nest wavepeak |
what is a telescope | A device that gathers electromagnetic radiation to produce a clearer image |
In this, the colors of visible light appear in the order of the size of their wavelengths. | Spectrum |
This contains billions of galaxies. | Universe |
Radio waves and x-rays are forms of this. | Electromagnetic radiation |
Earth and seven other planets do this around the sun. | Orbit |
Using this device allows you to see distant objects in space. | Telescope. |
What does the moon do around the sun? | It orbits |
Ursa Major, Draco, Orion, and Leo are examples of what? | constellations. |
What does inertia do? | Keeps all of the planets moving around the sun without moving. |
The planets orbit the sun in what shape? | A curved path. |
Gravity makes sure that the planets don't do what? | Fly away from the sun. |
What would happen to the planets if there was no inertia? | The planets would stop moving. |
What would happen if the there was no gravity? | The planets would fly away from the sun. |
Put the following in size order (smallest to largest): galaxy, solar system, universe, planet | planet, solar system, galaxy, universe |
Are constellations close together in the sky? | No. |
True or false: constellations and stars look close together from earth but are actually far away from each other. | True. |
True or false: the sky turns as the Earth rotates. | False. |
Do the stars move during the night? | No. |
What makes everything in the sky appear to be moving? | Earth's rotation. |
What is an advantage of the telescope? | It allows us to study space from Earth |
Colors of the rainbow makeup what? | Visible Light. |
Colors of the rainbow differ in what? | Wavelength. |
Complete this sentence: a reflecting telescope uses a (blank) to collect (blank) | mirror, light |
Complete this sentence: A refracting telescope uses a (blank) to (blank) light | lens, collect |
What is an example of of a telescope orbiting the Earth? | The Hubble. |
Why have space telescopes provided some of the clearest images of distant objects? | They operate without interference from Earth's atmosphere. |