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Why does the tilt of the Earth create seasons?
Because the angle of sunlight varies on different parts of the Earth at different times of the year.
Which option does the Southern Hemisphere experience Spring?
C
Which option is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing the shortest amount of daylight?
B
A new moon and a full moon occur each month. Why don't we have eclipses each month?
The Moon's orbit is tilted. Plus the Sun, Moon, and Earth have to line up perfectly.
________ travel through Earth's atmosphere and hit Earth's __________.
Meteorites, surface
_______ burn up in Earth's __________.
Meteors, atmosphere
How are comets and asteroids different?
Comets have tails, asteroids don't. Asteroids are made of rock, comets are made of ice and dust.
What would happen if the Sun's gravity suddenly disappeared?
All the planets would drift off into outer space
Other than Earth, which other planets can support life that we know?
NONE
How many AU's is the Earth from the Sun?
1 AU
What is the 7th planet from the Sun?
Uranus
________ is the planet before Neptune, and _______ is the planet after Mars.
Uranus, Jupiter
Why does Mercury's temperature change drastically?
Because Mercury has little to NO atmosphere to trap heat.
Which planet is referred to as Earth's Twin? Why?
Venus, because they are close to the same size and they both have Greenhouse gases.
Earth is the largest ______________.
Terrestrial Planet
_______ is larger than Earth, but ________ is smaller than Earth.
Larger: Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter Smaller: Mercury, Venus, Mars
The Big Bang Theory states that...?
The universe is continuously EXPANDING and came from a single point
Where would a waxing crescent be located in the diagram?
between X and W
Put in order SMALLEST TO LARGEST: Universe, Planets, Galaxy, Solar System
Planets-->Solar System-->Galaxies-->Universe
Why do the planets, asteroids, and comets orbit the Sun?
Because of the Sun's Gravity
What is the create order of the Moon, Sun, and Earth during a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, Moon
Where should you place the golfball to represent a solar eclipse?
Z
Where does the Sun go? 1, 2, 3, or 4?
2
If you are building s scale model of our solar system, what would be the most difficult part?
Accurately measuring the distance between the planets
What is inertia?
the resistance of any physical object to any change in its velocity.
What is gravity?
an invisible force that pulls objects with mass towards one another.
Come to the board and draw how Gravity and Inertia create an orbit.
Gravity pulls toward the center, Inertia pushing away from the center, both create orbit
Come to the board and draw the Milky Way Galaxy and where we are located in it.
On one of the outer arms of the Milky Way.
If the Milky Way is a beach; then the solar system would be?
A Grain of Sand
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