Our Solar System - Final questions

Question 1

If you wanted to find venus, where would you look?

Answer 1

venus can be seen in the west, just after sunset. Sometimes it is visible in the morning, so then you would look in the east at sunrise.

Question 2

people call venus the evening or monring star. Explain why venus is not a start?

Answer 2

venus appears in a slightly different position each evening at 7pm, or each morning at sunrise.

Question 3

What made the craters on the surface of the moon?

Answer 3

rocks that travel through space, called meteroids.
They crash into the moon at very high speeds.

Question 4

The surface of the moon has many craters but the surface of the earth has very few craters. Explain why that is so?

Answer 4

a. the moon has no atmosphere to protect it. Earth has an atmosphere so most rocks from space burn up before they reach the ground.

b. Earth has been hit with meteroids, as the moon was, but erosion has worn down the craters so that we cannot see them clearly anymore.

Question 5

Neil Armstrong was the first man to put his foot on the moon. His footprint is still there after 40 years. On earth, a footprint does not last so long. Explain why it lasts so long on the moon?

Answer 5

the moon has no rain and no wind to remove the footprint

Question 6

complete the sentence:

the sun stays in ______

Answer 6

the same place

Question 7

complete sentence:

The earth rotates on its own _____

Answer 7

axis

Question 8

complete sentence:

the moon revolves ____________

Answer 8

around the earth

Question 9

complete the sentence:

The _______ revolve together in a big circle around the sun.

Answer 9

moon and earth

Question 10

complete the sentence:

we only ever see __________ of the moon

Answer 10

one side