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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many planets are there? | Eight |
| What is an orbit? | a path |
| How long does a revolution around the sun take?(for earth) | 365 and 1/4 days |
| Where is the Astroid Belt? | Between Mars and Jupiter |
| What does the sun do for our solar system? | it's gravity holds the planets in their orbits |
| Why are the inner planets different from the outter planets | the inner planets are small and rocky, but the outer planets are gasious giants. |
| What does gasious mean? | full of gas |
| How many stars are in our solar system? | one (the sun) |
| The sun takes what percentage of the mass of our solar system? | 99% |
| What is a crater? | a bowl shaped area that is on the surface of a planet or moon |
| What does Earth's moon's surface have?? | no liquid water,no living things and more craters then Earth |
| What's a moon? | Any smaller object that revolves around a planet |
| Which planet is the biggest? | Jupiter |
| Which planet would you weigh most on? | Earth |
| Is orbit a noun or a verb? | noun |
| What is the a galaxy made up of? | 200-500 billion stars,planets,gas,and dust |
| What is the sun constantly doing? | It's hydrogen and heliaum are reacting |
| Is our star the biggest star? | No,it is a mediam sized star |
| How are stars diffrent? | In brightness,size,and color |
| Who was Nicolaus Copernicus? | the first person to suggest we move around the sun |
| What discovery did Galileo make? | he discovered 4 of Jupeter's moons |
| Which planet(s) or moon(s)have humans walked on? | Earth and the moon |
| What are the diffrent types of spacecrafts? | space shuttles, satellites, space stations,and rovers |
| What are aerospace scientist? | scientist who design space crafts |
| What is one AU? | the measureing distance between the earth and the sun |
| How is magnitude measured? | brightness,distance from earth and, temperature |
| A meteroid,a meteor,and a meteorite are very cloely related, name them in order from being in space to hitting the ground | meteroid,meteor,and meteorite |
| What are stars made up of, and what does it mean? | Nebula, means cloud of of gas and dust |
| How many moons do Venus and Mercury have? | zero |