| The Earth and Moon |
| #1 |
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon? |
Neil Armstrong |
| #2 |
The appearance and shape of the Moon as you see it at a particular time. |
phase |
| #3 |
List three things that are not found on the Moon: |
atmosphere, wind, weather, air |
| #4 |
List the four different types of landforms on the Moon. |
craters, plains, valleys, mountains |
| #5 |
Draw a picture to explain why tides occur: |
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| The Moons |
| #1 |
Why do we only see one side of our moon? |
The moon’s rotation and revolution are the same length of time |
| #2 |
How much time goes by between seeing a full moon phase and then seeing the next full moon? |
About a month |
| #3 |
Explain why we have the different shapes (phases) of the moon |
a. As the moon orbits the Earth, the amount of the lit side we see changes. |
| #4 |
How are craters formed? |
When one object hits another |
| #5 |
The largest Moon, found orbiting ___________ is larger than what two planets: |
Jupiter; Pluto and Mercury |
| Eclipses and... |
| #1 |
When does an eclipse occur? |
b. Only a few times a year when the sun, moon, and Earth all perfectly align |
| #2 |
Most of the thousands of asteroids are found between what two planets? |
Mars and Jupiter |
| #3 |
How does a comet ALWAYS travel around the Sun? |
With the tail pointing away from the Sun |
| #4 |
What four things are comets made out of? |
gas, ice, dust and rock |
| #5 |
What is the difference between a meteoroid, a meteor and a meteorite? |
A meteoriod is in space, a meteor is in Earth's atmosphere and a meteorite lands on Earth |
| The Solar System |
| #1 |
Who created the first telescope? |
Galileo |
| #2 |
The four inner planets are called __________. Please list them: |
Terrestrial; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| #3 |
The four outer planets are called ___________. Please list them: |
Gas; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| #4 |
List the nine planets in order: |
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| #5 |
Why isn't Pluto a planet anymore, and what is it now classified as? |
It's elongated orbit and small size; it's now a dwarf planet |
