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Astronomy Review

Beginnings and the Solar


System
Mr. Woodard
10.19.15

Big Bang or Nebular


Hypothesis
Occurred 13.7 billion years ago.

Big Bang

Occurred 4.6 billion years ago

Nebular hypothesis

Created our solar system.

Nebular hypothesis

Created space, time, and everything


else.

Big Bang

Cosmic background radiation can still


be detected from this.

Big Bang

One piece of evidence of the Big


Bang was what Hubble discovered.
He looked at the light from distant
galaxies and figured out they were
moving ___________ from us.

Away

He knew this because the light was


shifted to what color?

Red

What mysterious substance makes


up much of our universe but cant be
seen? (We know its there because
we can detect its gravity.)

Dark Matter

List the order of the inner planets in


our solar system from innermost to
outermost.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

What do the four inner planets all


have in common?

Terrestrial

What changes about a lights energy


that indicates that the source of the
light is moving towards or away from
us?

wavelength

What do the outer planets all have in


common?

Made of gas

Name the 4 outer planets in order


from innermost to outermost.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What is the smallest planet in the


solar system? (not including Pluto)

Mercury

What is the largest planet in our solar


system?

Jupiter

What object contains roughly 99% of


all mass in the solar system?

The sun

Which two planets have no moons?

Mercury and Venus

Which planet has a thick Carbon


Dioxide atmosphere that traps the
suns heat? (Its also about the same
size as Earth)

Venus

Which inner planet shows evidence


of liquid water having been present
in the past? (and is now known to
exist at certain times of the year)

Mars

In relation to Earth, about how big is


Mars?

Half the size

What outer planet is best known for


its large Red Spot?

Jupiter

What planet is best known for a series of


icy rings that surround the planet?

Saturn

Which outer planet or planets are


surrounded by rings?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

What invisible energy source do


some scientist believe is speeding up
the expansion of the universe?

Dark matter

Between which two planets is there


an asteroid belt that some scientists
believe is the remains of a destroyed
former planet?

Between Mars and Jupiter

Which two inner planets are roughly


the same size?

Earth and Venus

What outer planet rotates on an axis


that is parallel to its orbit unlike all
the other planets?

Uranus

Why does the Earth have so few


impact craters as compared to the
Moon?

Earths Atmosphere
Erosion erases them over time

Final Questions
Category: Planetary distances
How many points do you want to
risk?
In Astronomical Units, what is the
average distance from the sun to
Pluto?
39.5 AU

What does retrograde motion mean


in relation to the planets
movements?

Briefly describe how the solar system


formed according to the Nebular
Hypothesis.

Nebular Hypothesis
According to the Nebular Hypothesis
how long ago did our solar system
form?

Big Bang Theory


According to the Big Bang theory,
how long ago did the universe form?

What are the two main pieces of


evidence that scientist have to
support the Big Bang Theory?

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