BJU Science 6 - Chapter 11: Our Solar System

What are caused as different areas of the moon’s surface are lighted by the sun?

What is another name for the inner planets because they are dense and composed of rocks?

Earth revolves around the moon every 365\frac{1}{4} days

What is the bluish-green planet that rotates sideways?

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

The Germans were probably the first to invent rockets.

What are the dark spots on the photosphere of the sun called?

Which planet has the most violent weather?

Which planet is most like Earth?

What is an unmanned research spacecraft sent beyond Earth’s orbit called? (think recently, Jupiter)

What is the cause of the earth’s seasonal changes?

Identify the following as belonging to a planet, dwarf pl., or both: can share orbit with another similarly sized object

Similar to the stars and the sun, the moon makes its own light.

Identify the following as belonging to planet, dwarf pl., or both: can't share orbit with another similarly sized object

As charged particles from the sun collide with atoms and molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere, how is energy emitted?

Fill in the blank: Inflatable spacecraft are smaller and __________ than other types of spacecraft

How are the following planets classified? Earth, Mars, Mercury, and Venus

A totality occurs when the moon covers the earth completely.

Each orbit that a planet makes around the sun is called a rotation

What is each orbit that a planet makes around the sun called?

The outer planets are called terrestrial planets.

The moon reflects light, whereas the sun produces light.

The second largest planet, Mercury, has a weak gravitational field.

Which fact about Venus is NOT true?

Who helped develop rockets for space travel?

A planet must orbit the moon and be big enough for its own gravity to keep it in the shape of a sphere.

Sunspots are dark spots on the photosphere of the sun that may be related to solar storms.

The sun’s huge mass exerts a magnetic pull that keeps the planets in orbit.

Which is not a way that the earth’s atmosphere is helpful?

What is the surface of the sun called?

Saturn’s rings are made of small, frozen particles that reflect the sun’s light.

Food taken into space is dehydrated.

What is sun’s atmosphere called?

Who launched the first liquid-fueled rocket?

Which is the largest planet?

Which planet is known as the ringed planet?

Equinox refers to equal length of day and night.

The term solstice refers to the equal length of day and night.

What is the complete turn of a planet on its axis called?

What is the outermost part of the sun called?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called the gas giants because their surfaces are made of gases.

The sun’s huge mass exerts a strong gravitational pull that keeps the planets in orbit around it.

Venus is the (objectively) brightest object in the morning and evening skies.

Which is not a use for satellites?

Bright clouds of gas on the sun’s photosphere are called faculae.

What occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of the Earth?

What occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun?

One must for a solarsystem object to be considered a planet is that it must not share what with objects of similar size?

Which planet is closest to the sun?

We always see the same side of the moon because the moon rotates once on its axis each revolution around the earth.

The Kuiper Belt is an area of small, icy objects, which includes Pluto.

What name is given to an area between Mars and Jupiter?

What is any object that orbits another object in space called?

What is NASA?

Which is the only planet on which man can survive in his natural state?

Identify the following as belonging to a planet, dwarf planet, or both: Spherical and orbits the sun

Earth’s natural satellite is the moon.

A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Which planet is known for its Great Red Spot?

How are the following planets classified? Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus