space exam reveiw

Question 1

planets in order

Answer 1

mercury, Venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, neptune

Question 2

terrestrial planets

Answer 2

4 planets closest to the sun they have a hard rocky surface

Question 3

has giants

Answer 3

4 planets farthest from the sun. made of gas and liquids

Question 4

stars

Answer 4

a massive body composed of hot gases

Question 5

comets

Answer 5

large chunks of ice, dust, rock that orbit the sun

Question 6

astroids

Answer 6

small objects composed of rock and metal

Question 7

meteors

Answer 7

a space rock that enters Earth’s atmosphere causing a streak of light in the sky

Question 8

meteoride

Answer 8

pieces of metal or rock that are smaller then an asteroid and usually the size of dust particles but can be as big as a car

Question 9

meteorites

Answer 9

a rock in space that survive a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground of a planet or moon

Question 10

the 4 seasons and characteristics?

Answer 10

winter solstice, summer solstice, spring equinox, fall equinox

Question 11

Earth’s roation

Answer 11

Earth’s spinning motion on its axis. 23hrs and 56 min

Question 12

Earth’s revolution

Answer 12

earths rotation around the sun. 365.25 days

Question 13

natural satelites

Answer 13

an object that orbits a planet and is not man made. ex moon

Question 14

artificial satelite

Answer 14

an object people made and launched into orbit. ex iss

Question 15

characteristics of stars

Answer 15

brightness, temp and colour, composition, size

Question 16

brightness

Question 17

temp and colour

Question 18

composition

Question 19

size

Question 20

types of galaxies

Answer 20

elliptical, spiral, lenticular, irregular

Question 21

elliptical

Answer 21

spherical to flate shape

Question 22

spiral

Answer 22

spinning pinwheels

Question 23

lenticular

Answer 23

central bulge surrounded by flat discs

Question 24

irregular

Answer 24

no definit shape

Question 25

the sun

Question 26

life on the iss