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Mettie Jordan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is in the center of the solar system? | The sun |
| What is the Earth tilt in the solar system? | 23.5 degrees |
| The Earth and the other planets spin in their own “what” around the sun? | The axis |
| What type of orbit does the Earth have to the sun? | Elliptical orbit or “Oval Shape” orbit |
| What is one full orbit around the sun called? | A Revolution |
| What are the 4 seasons of Earth called? | Summer, Autumn/Fall, Winter, & Spring |
| What are know as gigantic balls of very hot gases that give off radiation in outer space? | Stars |
| What is an explosive eruption of waves and particles into space called? | Solar Flare |
| What is a group of stars that forms a pattern in outer space? | A Constellation |
| What do stars constellation move from one place to another place in the night sky? | The Earth rotates and the star constellations change position every 2 hours |
| What are the first 4 closest planets to the sun called? | Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars |
| What is known as a spacecraft that gathers data without the help of a crew? | A Space Probe |
| What is a natural object that revolves around a planet? | A moon |
| How long does it take Mercury to spin on its axis once? | 59 days |
| How long does it take Venus to spin on its axis once? | 243 days |
| How long does it take Earth to spin on its axis once? | 24 hours |
| How long does it take Mars to spin on its axis once? | 24.6 hours |
| How long does it take Mercury to make one revolution around the sun? | 87.9 days |
| How long does it take Venus to make one revolution around the sun? | 224.7 days |
| How long does it take Earth to make one revolution around the sun? | 365 days |
| How long does it take Mars to make one revolution around the sun? | 686.9 days |
| What are the names of the two moons that rotate around the planet Mars? | Phobos & Deimos |
| What are the four outer gas planets after the planet Mars? | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune |
| How long does it take Jupiter to orbit the sun? | 11.8 years |
| How long does it take Saturn to orbit the sun? | 29.4 Years |
| How long does it take Neptune to orbit the sun? | 164.7 years |
| What is the area called where most asteroids are between Mars and Jupiter in the solar system? | Asteroid Belt |
| Meteors that enter into Earth’s atmosphere are known as what? | Meteorite |
| What is a large, round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit? | Dwarf Planet |
| What is a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun? | A Comet |
| What is known as a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun? | An Asteroid |
| What objects moves around the Sun’s gravity? | The Earth and the other planets |
| What does the sun not have that makes it only hot gases of radiation? | A Surface |
| What is a collapsing phase from a star that has a strong gravity pull? | A Black Hole |
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