science planet

Question 1

celestial body

Answer 1

all object in space including earth

Question 2

constellation

Answer 2

group of stars resembles a shape/picture

Question 3

winter solstice

Answer 3

december 21st
shortest daylight

Question 4

summer solstice

Answer 4

june 21st
longest daylight

Question 5

spring equinox

Answer 5

march 21st

Question 6

autumn equinox

Answer 6

september 21st ish

Question 7

nebular theory

Answer 7

cloud of dust and gas in space where stars are formed (the sun)

Question 8

planet

Answer 8

celestial body that orbits the sun, forms spherical shape under its own gravitational force

Question 9

rocky planets

Answer 9

mercury, venus, earth and mars

Question 10

gassy planets

Answer 10

jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune

Question 11

asteroid

Answer 11

metallic rocky body that orbits the sun
asteroids when hit in the earth may cause major destruction

Question 12

comets

Answer 12

dirty snowball (made of ice and dust) travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit
when nearing the sun, ice partials break away, make a tail millions of kms long and lit up by the reflecting the sun’s light

Question 13

meteoroid

Answer 13

smaller rocks than asteroids, travel with no fixed path

Question 14

meteor

Answer 14

meteoroid that’s hit the earths atmosphere
(shooting stars)

Question 15

meteorite

Answer 15

meteoroid that makes it through the earths atmosphere, without burning up

Question 16

rotation

Answer 16

one complete spin of earth

Question 17

revolution

Answer 17

one complete orbit of the earth around the sun

Question 18

solar eclipse

Answer 18

moon blocks out sun

Question 19

lunar eclipse

Answer 19

earth blocks out moon

Question 20

sun (star)

Answer 20

supports all life on earth
made of plasma, gives off energy by constant nuclear reaction in its core

Question 21

solar wind

Answer 21

stream of plasma from suns surface

Question 22

aurora borealis (northern lights)

Answer 22

comes from the solar wind, which creates colour
particles are trapped by earths magnetic field and swept to poles