Space Unit Test Flashcards
Where does the moon rise and set?
Rises in the East, sets in the West
Does the moon rise earlier or later each day?
The moon rises 48 min later each day
How long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?
it takes the moon 29.5 days to orbit Earth
Where does the sun rise and set?
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west
When does the sun rise earlier and set later?
From december 21 to june 21
What is the Sun made of?
75% hydrogen, 23% helium
what is the core and surface temperature of the sun?
core: 15 million degrees C
surface: 5500 or 5505 degrees C
What is the order of planets from the sun?
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Which is the largest planet?
Jupiter
What planet has the closest diameter to Earth?
Venus
What planet as the shortest year?
Mercury
Which planet has the longest year?
Neptune
Which planet has the longest day?
Venus
Which planet has the shortest day?
Jupiter
Which are the rocky planets?
mercury, venus, earth, mars (inner 4)
Which are the gaseous planets?
jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune (outer 4)
Which planet has the largest ring system?
Saturn
Which planet looks red?
Mars
What is the only planet that has liquid water on its surface?
Earth!
Which planet rotates the opposite direction from the others?
Uranus
Define: waxing moon
a moon that appears to be “growing” as it orbits around the Earth. This happens in the first half of the moons cycle
Define: waning moon
A moon that appears to be “shrinking” in size. this happens in the last half of the moons cycle
Define: geocentric model
the idea that Earth is at the center and everything else revolves around it.this came from the church believing that the gods and the people were at the center.
Define: heliocentric model
when Galileo discovered that the sun was actually at the center of the solar system and that the Earth and other planets orbit around the Sun, but he was punished for believing this against the church
Define: Orbit
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star planet or moon. They are not perfectly round but are elliptical
Define: line spectrum
when each element is excited, it absorbs a certain colour of light, creating a black line in its line spectrum. a full line spectrum looks like a rainbow. The wave lengths vary depending on the type of light.
Solar System
The sun with all the planets, and other celestial objects that are held by the Sun’s gravitational pull therefore orbit around it
Comet
celestial object made of dust and ice that orbits around the sun in an elliptical shape and burns up creating a tail
Meteor
s small piece of rock or metal that enters Earth’s atmosphere and starts to burn up.
Meteorite
A meteor that has fallen to Earth and becomes a meteorite
Fusion Reaction
occurs when an element is heated up to the point that they bond together to make a different element (which is found by adding up their atomic numbers and seeing what element that corresponds with). This happens at extremely high temperatures and creates an outward push. For some reason iron resists fusion.