Space

Question 1

Describe Moons

Answer 1

Natrual Satalites (In orbit)
Gas Giants often have multiple

Question 2

Describe Astroids

Answer 2

Small and rocky
Orbit the sun
Found on Astroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Remenants of early solar sytem that never formed planets.

Question 3

Where can the Astroid Belt be found?

Answer 3

Between Mars and Jupiter

Question 4

Desribe Comets

Answer 4

Ice, Dust and rock
Originate in Kupier Belt
Sun vaporises ice causing glowing tail.

Question 5

Describe Planets

Answer 5

Orbit stars
Terrestrial Plantets
Gas Giants
Ice Giants

Question 6

Terrestrial Planets

Answer 6

Rocky (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)

Question 7

Gas Giants

Answer 7

Made of gas (Jupiter, Saturn)

Question 8

Ice Giants

Answer 8

Heavier elements such as:
Water
Ammonia
Methane
(Uranus, Neptune)

Question 9

Stars

Answer 9

Hot gas (mostly hydrogen and helium)
Have a lifecycle
Primary energy source

Question 10

The lifecycle of a star in order

Answer 10

Nebulae
Protostar
Main Sequence
Red Giant
?Black Hole or White Dwarf

Question 11

Describe Solar Systems

Answer 11

Central Star, celestial objects bound by gravity (Planets, moons, astroids, comets)

Question 12

Describe Galaxies

Answer 12

Massive systems of stars bound by gravity

Question 13

Name the 3 types of Galaxies

Answer 13

Spiral (Milky Way)
Elliptical
Irregular

Question 14

Describe the relationships between celestial objects

Answer 14

Gravitational Interaction
Formation (Nebulae forms stars and planets)
Movement (Eliptical orbit around stars)
Cosmic Scale

Question 15

Describe Earth’s Rotation

Answer 15

Earth spinning on its axis

Question 16

Describe Earth’s Revolution

Answer 16

Orbit around the sun

Question 17

Describe Moon’s Revolution

Answer 17

Orbit around the earth

Question 18

Describe seasons (why they occur)

Answer 18

Earth is on a tilt, giving some parts varying amounts of sunlight causing seasons.

Question 19

Summer

Answer 19

Hemisphere tilts to the sun.

Question 20

Winter

Answer 20

Hemisphere tilts away from the sun.

Question 21

Describe the Lunar Phases

Answer 21

The moon reflects sunlight
As the moon moves around the sun the amount of sunlit portion changes.

Question 22

🌑

Answer 22

New Moon

Question 23

🌒

Answer 23

Waxing Crescent

Question 24

🌓

Answer 24

First Quarter

Question 25

🌔

Answer 25

Waxing Gibbous

Question 26

🌕

Answer 26

Full Moon

Question 27

🌖

Answer 27

Waning Gibbous

Question 28

🌗

Answer 28

Third Quarter

Question 29

🌘

Answer 29

Waning Crescent

Question 30

Solar Eclipse

Answer 30

The moon blocks the sun.
🌞 🌑 🌍
New Moon

Question 31

Lunar Eclipse

Answer 31

Earth blocks the moon from sun.
🌞 🌍 🌕
Full Moon