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SATELLITES ASTRONOMY HODGE-PODGE
INNER PLANETS 100
To which of the 2 main groups of
planets does Earth belong?
terrestrial
INNER PLANETS 100
INNER PLANETS 200
Describe the characteristics of the inner
planets in 3 words
INNER PLANETS 200
small dense rocky
What is the most important factor that that makes life on
Earth possible?
INNER PLANETS 300
Liquid water
INNER PLANETS 300
Which of the inner planets has the highest surface temperature?
WHY?!
INNER PLANETS 400
Venus
It’s thick atmosphere has a greenhouse
effect
INNER PLANETS 400
INNER PLANETS 500
What evidence suggests that Mars once had a warmer
climate?
INNER PLANETS 500
Dry riverbeds
Name the outer planets in order from the asteroid belt to the end of
our solar system
OUTER PLANETS 100
Jupiter Saturn Uranus
Neptune Pluto
OUTER PLANETS 100
What is the great RED spot and on which planet would you find it?
OUTER PLANETS 200
It’s a storm similar to a
hurricane on Jupiter
OUTER PLANETS 200
Why are some of the outer planets greenish-bluish?
OUTER PLANETS 300
Atmosphere of hydrogen and methane
OUTER PLANETS 300
Which of the outer planets has the shortest period of revolution?
OUTER PLANETS 400
Jupiter has the shortest year out of
the outer planets
OUTER PLANETS 400
What is the composition of the
outer planets’ rings?
OUTER PLANETS 500
Gas, dust, and ice
OUTER PLANETS 500
ASTRONOMERS 100
What are the three major types of
galaxies identified by Edwin Hubble?
Spiral
Elliptical
Irregular
ASTRONOMERS 100
ASTRONOMERS 200
What scientist thought Earth was at the center of the universe?
Claudius Ptolemy
ASTRONOMERS 200
ASTRONOMERS 300
What scientist thought the sun was at the center of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
ASTRONOMERS 300
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What contribution did Tycho Brahe and
Johannes Kepler bring to
astronomy?
Brahe: Kept super accurate data of objects moving in the sky
Kepler: Took Brahe’s data and used it to create an accurate
description of the solar system
ASTRONOMERS
DAILY DOUBLE
Who created the first telescope that is able to take pictures of
galaxies?
ASTRONOMERS 500
Edwin Hubble
ASTRONOMERS 500
Why don’t solar and lunar eclipses happen
every month?
SATELLITES 100
SATELLITES 100
The moon’s orbit is tilted
What causes the phases of the moon?
SATELLITES 200
SATELLITES 200
The positions of the moon, Earth, and the sun
Where would you find a
Meteor?
Meteoroid?
Meteorite?
SATELLITES 300
SATELLITES 300
Meteor: Mesosphere
Meteoroid: Orbiting Earth
Meteorite: On Earth’s surface
SATELLITES 400
Why do planets or moons with atmospheres have
fewer impacts?
The air slows and burns up the objects
SATELLITES 400
Why does the amount of moons for each of the
planets change so often?
SATELLITES 500
SATELLITES 500
Technology allows us to see more!
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
HODGE-PODGE 100
HODGE-PODGE 100
Spiral
How do the inner planets differ from the outer planets in terms of distance?
HODGE-PODGE 200
They are closer together
HODGE-PODGE 200
HODGE-PODGE 300
What does AU mean?
How many miles does it represent?
HODGE-PODGE 300
Astronomical Unit
93,000,000 miles
Name all of the planets that have moons
HODGE-PODGE 400
HODGE-PODGE 400
All but Mercury and Venus
HODGE-PODGE 500
Name all of the planets in order from shortest year to longest year
HODGE-PODGE 500
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Jupiter Saturn
Uranus Neptune
Pluto
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What is happening in the diagram?
Solar eclipse
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