Planet Earth And Beyond

Question 0

Describe an ocean.

Answer 0

An ocean is a very large body of water.

Question 1

Name the three main features of the earth.

Answer 1

Water
Land
Air

Question 2

Describe a sea.

Answer 2

A sea is a body of water partly surrounded by land connecting to the ocean.

Question 3

Describe a lake.

Answer 3

A lake is a natural body of fresh water surrounded totally by land.

Question 4

Name the three main water features of the earth.

Answer 4

Ocean
Sea
Lake

Question 5

Name the three main land features of the earth.

Answer 5

Continent
Island
Polar Ice cap

Question 6

Describe a continent.

Answer 6

Very large mass of land.

Question 7

Describe an island.

Answer 7

Small mass of land completely surrounded by water.

Question 8

Describe an ice cap.

Answer 8

Ice covering large areas of the north and South Poles

Question 9

Air is a surface feature of the earth. Describe air.

Answer 9

Air is a mixture of gasses
A thin layer of air surrounds the earth
All living things need the gasses in air to survive.

Question 10

What is a habitat?

Answer 10

Habitats are special homes of different kinds of animals.

They are places on earth with certain temperatures, rainfall and plant and animal life.

Question 11

Name the three different types of habitats

Answer 11

Grasslands
Ice
Water

Question 12

What is a solar system

Answer 12

A solar system is a group of planets around a star.

Question 13

What is in our solar system?

Answer 13

Our solar system has eight planets,

A sun and many moons.

Question 14

Have scientists found any living creatures on any other planets yet?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

What can we see from earth?

Answer 15

We can see the sun, the moon and some stars.

Question 16

What path do the eight planets in our solar system follow?

Answer 16

They all follow their own path around the sun.

Question 17

Name the four planets that are closest to the sun.

Answer 17

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars

Question 18

Name the eight planets in order for closest to sun to furthest.

Answer 18

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Question 19

Name the closest star to the earth.

Answer 19

The sun

Question 20

How big is the sun?

Answer 20

The sun is huge. 109 x the size of the earth

Question 21

What is the sun made up of?

Answer 21

A huge ball of burning gasses

Question 22

What does the sun give the earth?

Answer 22

It gives the earth heat and light energy that travels to the earth and allows animals and plants to live.

Question 23

How hot is the center of the sun?

Answer 23

1.3 million degrees Celsius

Question 24

What is the imaginary pole through the earth called?

Answer 24

It is called the axis.

Question 25

What does the earth do on its axis ?

Answer 25

It spins on its axis

Question 26

Why does the sun seem to rise and set?

Answer 26

Because the sun spins on its axis different parts of the earth face the sun at different times.

Question 27

Name the two ways the earth moves.

Answer 27

It rotates or spins on its axis

It orbits or revolves around the sun.

Question 28

The explain the earths orbit

Answer 28

As the earth spins on its axis it also revolves around the sun on a special path called an orbit.

Question 29

How long does it take for the earth to orbit the sun?

Answer 29

364 1/4 days to orbit sun

1 earth year

Question 30

The earth is divided into two halves by an imaginary line called the equator. The northern hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. What happens because the earth is tilted on its axis?

Answer 30

Because the earth is tilted on its axis, one hemisphere is tilted towards the sun and the other one is tilted away from the sun. This means that some times of the year are warmer and some are colder. This is why we have seasons.