Earth Y7

Question 1

What is the mnemonic to remember the order of the planets?

Answer 1

My
Very
Excellent
Mother
Just
Serves
Us
Nuggets

Question 2

What is the order of the planets?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What is a satellite?

Answer 3

A satellite is a celestial body orbiting another one

Question 4

Which planet has a vertical rotation?

Answer 4

Uranus

Question 5

Which planets are the gas giants?

Answer 5

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (the last four)

Question 6

Which planets are the rocky planets?

Answer 6

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars (the first four)

Question 7

Which planet has the thickest atmosphere and what happens because of it?

Answer 7

Venus. The thick atmosphere traps in the heat more effectively.

Question 8

Which is the biggest planet?

Answer 8

Jupiter

Question 9

Which is the smallest planet?

Answer 9

Mercury

Question 10

What are Mars’ moons and how many are there?

Answer 10

Two: Phobos and Deimos

Question 11

In order from outer to inner, what are the earth’s layers?

Answer 11

The crust, the mantle, the outer core, the inner core

Question 12

What is a supernova?

Answer 12

A supernova is the implosion of a star

Question 13

What does the term “spaghettification” refer to?

Answer 13

The horizontal and vertical stretching of when something is being absorbed by a black hole

Question 14

Why does a black hole have such great gravitational acceleration?

Answer 14

Because when a supernova occurs, so much matter is squeezed into a tiny space. This space is so much smaller, but has the same GFS.

Question 15

Phases of the moon:

Answer 15

First Quarter
Waxing Gibbous Waxing Crescent

Full moon Earth New Moon

Waning Gibbous Waning Crescent
Last quarter

Question 16

Can anything escape a black hole?

Answer 16

NO. Not even electromagnetic waves, like light for example can escape.

Question 17

At what angle does the earth tilt?

Answer 17

23.4°

Question 18

What does the tilt of the earth have to do with seasons?

Answer 18

At different times of the earth’s orbit around the sun, the earth tilts toward or away from the sun, meaning that at different times the north hemisphere is more or less exposed to the sun.

Question 19

When does a meteor become a meteorite?

Answer 19

When it reaches the surface of the thing it was orbiting.

Question 20

Why does the Sun look bigger in comparison to all the stars?

Answer 20

It is the closest star to Earth

Question 21

What was wrong about what people thought about the solar system a long time ago?

Answer 21

They thought that the Earth was central and didn’t include Uranus or Neptune as they couldn’t see them

Question 22

Why do things orbit one another?

Answer 22

GRAVITY.

Question 23

What is the nearest galaxy?

Answer 23

Andromeda

Question 24

What is this called?

Earth Moon Sun

Answer 24

Solar Eclipse

Question 25

What is this called?

Moon Earth Sun

Answer 25

Lunar eclipse

Question 26

What is the name of the day when daylight and night is equal?

Answer 26

The spring and autumn equinox?

Question 27

What is this?

Earth Moon Sun

Answer 27

This is physically impossible. The moon is in earth’s orbit and therefore can’t be on the other side of the sun in comparison to earth.