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Grade 05 - Science Chapter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A large object that orbits a star | Planet |
| An object in space that circles around another object | Satalite |
| A star and all the planets and other bodies that orbit it | Solar System |
| An object that produces it's own energy including heat and light | Star |
| A huge cloud of gases and dust | Nebula |
| An exploding star | Supernova |
| Patterns the stars make | Constellations |
| A huge, very distant collection of stars | Galaxy |
| What is the make up of a solar system? | A star and the objects that orbit it |
| What is a planet? | A large object that orbits a star |
| What is the make up of the inner planets? | Rock |
| What is the make up of the outer planets? | Gases |
| What is it that makes scientists argue over Pluto being a planet or not? | Its unusual orbit and its small size |
| How is a moon different from a planet? | Moons orbit around planets, planets orbit around stars |
| What makes Moon a satellite? | It circles around another object in space |
| What is an artificial satellite? | A man-made object that orbits around Earth or other planets |
| Who was first to look at the sky through a telescope on January 7, 1610? | Galileo Galilei |
| What telescope uses lenses or mirrors to see objects by gathering visible light? | Optical telescope |
| Which the ______ of the light-gathering lens or mirror is increased, more light is gathered and planets appear larger. | Diameter |
| What telescope was launched in 1990 to orbit around the earth? | Hubble Space Telescope |
| What telescope records date from radio waves given off by objects in space? | Radio telescope |
| Name the planets from nearest to farthest. | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
| Name the inner planets which are closer to the sun than the asteroid belt. | Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars |
| What are the inner planets surface composed of? | Rock |
| Name the outer planets which are beyond the asteroid belt. | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
| What makes up the surface of the outer planets? | Gases |
| Pluto has been reclassified as | a dwarf planet |
| Which planet has the highest mean surface temperature? | Venus |
| Which planets have the lowest mean surface temperature? | Uranus and Neptune |
| What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter? | A huge storm with winds at 270 miles per hour (435 kilometers per hour) |
| What gives the Great Red Spot its color? | Combination of sulfur and phosphorus |
| Who first observed the rings of Saturn in 1610. | Galileo |
| What makes up the rings of Saturn? | pieces of ice and rock |
| Which planets have rings? | Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune |
| What do some scientists think about the rings of Saturn? | The rings may be pieces of comets, asteroids or moons that were pulled into orbit around Saturn |
| Describe the surface of Venus. | Has shield and composite volcanos similar to those found on Eart. |
| Describe the dark boulders on Mars. | The dark boulders are volcanic rock fragments. |
| Which planet has the most moons in our solar system? | Jupiter |
| Do the inner planets have more or less moons than the outer planets? | Less |
| Which moon is the largest moon in our solar system? | Ganymede orbiting Jupiter |
| Is Earth's Moon larger or smaller than Pluto? | Larger than Pluto |
| Which is the only moon other than Earth's Moon that may be seen without a telescope? | Ganymede |
| When a small object in space collides with a larger object this is formed on the larger object. | Crater |
| What makes the craters on the Moon distinct and easy to see? | On Earth's Moon, th impact of a crater exposes the rock underneath the surface. |
| Describe the craters on Ganymede. | The craters on Ganymede are flat |
| What is a mixture of frozen gases, ice, dust, and rock that moves in an elliptical orbit around the Sun? | Comet |
| When a comet is farther away from the sun the gases an dice in the comet are liquid or frozen? | Frozen |
| What is the core of a comet called? | The nucleus |
| What is the cloud around the nucleus of a comet called? | Coma |
| Together the nucleus and coma make up the ______ of a comet. | Head |
| As the comet gets closer to the SUn, radiation from the Sun pushed some of the coma away from the comet forming what? | Tail |
| The comet's tail always points toward or away from the sun? | Away |
| A rock that revolves around the Sun is called what? | Asteroid |
| What are the small objects (other than asteroids) in space called? | Meteroids |
| What is a meteroid that enters Earth's atmosphere called? | Meteor |
| What is a meteor that lands on Earth called? | Meteorite |
| What is a vehicle carrying instruments that is sent from Earth to explore an object is space called? | Space probe |
| Who landed the first rock carrying scientific instruments on the Moon in 1959? | The Soviet Union |
| Which planet was the first to be visited by a space probe? | Venus |
| Two small robot cars landed on Mars in 2004. Name them? | Spirit and Opportunity |
| What are many asteroids shaped like? | A potato |
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