Apologia Astronomy lesson 5
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| God designed the Earth perfectly for us. Name the seven things that make the Earth the perfect planet to support life. | Perfect Distance, Perfect Mass, Perfect Atmosphere, Perfect Rotation, Perfect Tilt,Perfect Land, Perfect Magnetosphere
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| Name the four layers of Earth. | crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
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| The imaginary line that divides the Earth into two Hemispheres is called the ____________ . | equator
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| The Earth is divided in half by the equator. The area above the equator is called the ____________ ________________ . | Northern Hemisphere
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| The Earth is divided in half by the equator. The area below the equator is called the _____________ _______________ . | Southern Hemisphere
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| What is matter? | It is the "stuff" that makes up everything around you, including you.
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| ____________ is the measure of how much matter is in something. | Mass
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| Mass is important on Earth because it determines the amount of _____________ that Earth has. | gravity
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| A _______________ ______________ is how long it takes a planet to rotate a complete turn on its axis, which is one day on that planet. | rotational period
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| The ________________ is the layer of mist and gases that surrounds a planet. | atmosphere
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| The word atmosphere comes from the Latin, "atmos" which means water vapor or __________ and "sphere" which means ________. | steam, ball
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| "Shooting stars" are actually space rocks that hit the Earth's atmosphere and burn up. If a piece of a space rock makes it to Earth, it is called a ________________ . | meteorite
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| The tilt of the Earth is the reason that we have ______________ . | seasons
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| Earth is a (terrestrial or gaseous) planet. | terrestrial
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| Approximately how far is Earth from the Sun? | 93 million miles(93,000,000 miles)
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| A year on Earth is approximately how many days? | 365
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| A day on Earth is how many hours? | 24
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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