Planets

Stars

Universe

Solar
System

Moveme
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Planets: 1 point

What are the three

criteria to earn the name
planet?

Answer Planets:1
Orbits a star
Massive enough for gravity to
give it a nearly round shape.
Has cleared the neighborhood
around its orbit.

Planets: 2

Identify each of the eight

planets as either
terrestrial or jovian.

Answer Planets: 2

Terrestrial: Mercury,
Venus, Earth, & Mars
Jovian: Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, & Neptune

Planets: 3

What are the

characteristics of a
terrestrial planet?

Answer Planets: 3

Slow Rotation
Rocky, Solid Surfaces
No Rings
Small w/high density
Few or no moons
Nearly circular orbits close to the
sun

Planets: 4

What are the

characteristics of a
jovian planet?

Answer Planets: 4
Rapid rotation
Thick gaseous atmospheres with
liquid interiors
Rings
Large w/Low densities
Many moons
Nearly circular orbits far from the Sun

Planets: 5
What is the largest planet in
our solar system, 5th from the
sun, and has a large Red
Spot where there is an
ongoing storm?

Answer Planets: 5

Jupiter

Stars: 1
How would you describe the
size of our sun compared to
other stars?

Answer Stars: 1pt

Average size

Stars: 2pt

98% of the Suns mass

comes from which
elements?

Answer Stars: 2pt

Hydrogen and Helium

Stars: 3pt
What is the source of
energy for the Sun and
other stars?

Answer Stars: 3pt

Nuclear Fusion

Stars: 4pt
The Doppler shift of an object coming
toward us is called a
. The
Doppler shift of an object moving
away from us is called a
.

Answer Stars: 4pt

Toward us is called a blueshift.
Away from us is called a redshift.

Stars: 5pt

A star like our Sun will

become a
,
when it reaches the end
of its life cycle.

Answer Stars: 5pt

White dwarf

Universe: 1pt
A flash of light caused when a
particle from space burns up in our
atmosphere is a
.

Answer Universe: 1pt

Meteor

Universe: 2pt
A relatively small, icy object
that orbits a star is a
.

Answer Universe: 2pt

Comet

Universe: 3pt
Any object orbiting another object is
a
.

Answer Universe: 3pt

Satelite

Universe: 4pt
Where is the asteroid belt
located?

Answer Universe: 4pt

Between Mars and Jupiter,
which is between the
terrestrial and jovian planets.

Universe: 5pt
A theory that best explains the
beginning of our universe is
.

Answer Universe: 5pt

The Big Bang Theory

Solar System: 1pt

What is an Astronomical Unit
(AU)? How many km=1AU?

Answer Solar System: 1pt

The average distance
between Earth and the Sun,
which is about 150 million
km.

Solar System: 2pt

Where does our solar
systems main source of
energy come from?

Answer Solar System: 2pt

The Sun

Solar System: 3pt

List the planets in our solar
system in their order from the
Sun (closest to farthest
away).

Answer Solar System: 3pt

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune

Solar System: 4pt

What evidence is there to
support the Sun being the
center of our solar system?

Answer Solar System: 4pt

Planets orbiting the Sun.
Correlation between
weather/climate on planets
and their distance from the
Sun.
Gravity from the Sun causes
planet rotation.

Solar System: 5pt

What characteristics
disqualify Pluto from being a
planet?

Answer Solar System: 5pt

Size, irregular orbit, and
surrounding neighborhood
not cleared of debris.

Movement: 1pt
What is the definition of
rotation?

Answer Movement: 1pt

The spinning of an object
around its axis.

Movement: 2pt
What is the definition of a
revolution?

Answer Movement:2pt
The orbital motion of one
object around another.

Movement: 3pt
What causes day and night?

Answer Movement: 3pt

Day and night is caused by the
rotation of the Earth about its
axis. At any given time, the half
facing the Sun will be shined
upon while the other half will
have no light.

Movement: 4pt
What is Earths rotational
period? What does this
mean?

Answer Movement: 4pt

24 hours
This means that it takes Earth
24 hours to make one
rotation.

Movement: 5pt
What causes Earth to have
seasons?

Answer Movement: 5pt

The tilt of Earths axis remains
pointed in the same direction in space
throughout the year. As a result, the
orientation of the axis relative to the
Sun changes over the course of each
orbit.
The Northern Hemisphere is tipped
toward the Sun in June and away from
the Sun in December.