P1.4.1 - The Night Sky

Question 1

The Sun and all of the planets that orbit it make up the…

Answer 1

Solar System

Question 2

What is the universe.

Answer 2

All of the billions of galaxies together and everything in them.

Question 3

If a meteor manages to make it to the ground we call it a…

Answer 3

meteorite

Question 4

What is a light year?

Answer 4

The distance travelled by light in one year.

Question 5

What is the name of the Earth’s only ‘natural satellite’?

Answer 5

The Moon

Question 6

The stars in the sky are actually…

Answer 6

Suns (our Sun is a star!)

Question 7

What is the order of the planets from the closest to the Sun to the furthest away?

Answer 7

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune (Pluto - dwarf planet)

(My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets)

Question 8

There are billions of stars in our galaxy. What is our galaxy called?

Answer 8

The Milky Way

Question 9

What are the closes objects to Earth that you can see without a telescope?

Answer 9

Satellites

Question 10

All of the planets move around the Sun. What is the scientific word for moving around the Sun?

Answer 10

Orbiting

Question 11

What is a meteor?

Answer 11

Bits of rock and dust that break up in the Earth’s atmosphere (shooting stars)

Question 12

What is a comet?

Answer 12

A large peice of ice that orbits the Sun

Question 13

How can we see the moon?

Answer 13

Light from the Sun reflects off the moon and into our eyes.

Question 14

What is a satellite?

Answer 14

Any object that orbits a planet