Space

Question 1

Name the order of the planets from the sun

Answer 1

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, (Pluto)

Question 2

How do we see the moon?

Answer 2

The moon reflects sunlight

Question 3

What is a moon?

Answer 3

A small asteroid/planet like object that orbits a planet

Question 4

Why is the amount of daylight different at different times of the year?

Answer 4

The Earth is on an angle

Question 5

What is an asteroid?

Answer 5

An object made of rock that orbits between Mars and Jupiter

Question 6

What is a comet?

Answer 6

An object made of ice that has an elliptical orbit around the sun

Question 7

Describe the relationship between the gravitational force of a planet or moon and its mass

Answer 7

Bigger planets or moons have greater gravitational force

Question 8

Name an advantage to sending robots to space

Answer 8

> longer missions
cheap
can do more dangerous things
one way missions

Question 9

Name a disadvantage to sending robots to space

Answer 9

> cannot find data as well as a human

>longer?

Question 10

Why is there day and night?

Answer 10

Half the earth faces the sun and half away

Question 11

What happens in nuclear fusion?

Answer 11

Hydrogen atoms fused together to create helium. The process releases energy

Question 12

What is the equation to find weight?

Answer 12

Mass x Gravitational field strength=weight

Question 13

Describe a solar eclipse

Answer 13

The moon blocks light form the sun getting to earth

Question 14

Describe a lunae eclipse

Answer 14

The Earth blocks light getting to the moon from the sun

Question 15

Why do we have seasons?

Answer 15

The Earth is on a tilted axis

Question 16

What gases are in the atmosphere?

Answer 16

>Oxygen
>Argon
>Nitrogen
>Carbon Dio.
>Methane
>Helium