The Earth and Space Flashcards
What are the 8 planets in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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What’s an asteroid?
A small rocky body orbiting the Sun.
What are galaxies?
A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held by by gravitational attraction.
What’s a moon?
A natural satellite of a planet.
What’s a planet?
A large object orbiting a star.
What causes seasons?
The tilt of the earth.
What are the 8 phases of the moon?
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent.
What’s a solar eclispe?
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon lies between the Sun and the Earth.
What’s a lunar eclispe?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lies between the Sun and the Moon.
What’s the Earth’s magnetic field?
The crust, the mantle, the outer core and inner core.
What’s gravity?
Gravity is the force between all objects and we are attracted to the Earth by gravity.
What’s the difference between mass and weight?
Mass is a measure of how much matter there is in an object, while weight is a measure of the size of the pull of gravity on the object.
