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Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a planet? | A large body in space that orbits a star and doesn’t produce light. |
| A planet known as the “red planet” 4th closet to the sun. | Mars |
| What planet takes the least amount of time to orbit the sun. | Mercury |
| What invisible line does earth spin on? | The axis. |
| What is the hottest planet? | Venus |
| Rotation definition? | The spinning of earth takes 24 hours to complete a full rotation makes night and day. |
| What planet has the most visible rings. | Saturn |
| Orbit | Path that an object follows as it revolves around another object. |
| Revolution | The movement when Earth completes an orbit around the sun takes 365 and 1/4 days to complete 1 revolution. Responsible for the seasons. |
| What are the characteristics to classify a star? | Temperature color and brightness. |
| The only star in our solar system that is in the center of our solar system. | The sun. |
| The main element that makes up a star. | Hydrogen |
| The two main elements that make up stars. | Hydrogen and Helium |
| The coolest stars are the color _? | Red |
| The hottest stars are the color_? | Blue |
| Which planets is the asteroid belt between? | Mars and Jupiter |
| Rocky objects that revolve around the sun but is too small to consider it as a planet. | Asteroid |
| A piece of a meteoroid that lands on Earth after passing through Earths atmosphere. | Meteorite |
| Burns up in the Mesosphere also called a shooting star. | Meteor |
| Small rocks in space. | Meteoroid |
| Mostly made of gas and ice. | Comets |
| At what month is earth closest to the sun? | January |
| At what month is earth farthest from the sun? | July |
| When a planet is closest to the sun. | Perihelion |
| When a planet is farthest from the sun. | Aphelion |
| Has 5 layers composed of gases. | Atmosphere |
| Composed of all living organisms animals microscopic life and plants. | Biosphere |
| All water on Earth rivers streams oceans and ice caps. | Hydrosphere |
| Solid earth core mantle core from oceanic crust to the tops of mountains. | Geosphere |
| Where does weather occur ? | Troposphere |
| Contains the ozone layer (layers of gases surrounding the earth) protects earth from UV rays. | Stratosphere |
| Where meteors burn up. | Mesosphere |
| Where x ray and UV radiation from the sun is absorbed. | Thermosphere |
| Leads to outer space. | Exosphere |
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