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Lets think about our solar system :D
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Whats the difference between a star and a planet?
All stars are bigger than planets
Planets have gravity. Stars don't.
Stars make light. Planets don’t. Planets orbit a star.
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True or False. The further away you get from the sun the colder the planets get.
False
True
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How does our sun “burn” if there is hardly any oxygen (O
2
) in space?
The sun is not burning. H is smashing together making He.
There is just enough Oxygen for the sun to burn.
4
Is a star the same thing as a sun?
No
Yes
5
Earth & Venus have an atmosphere that traps in heat but Earth does not get as hot as Venus Why?
Earths atmosphere does not have much carbon dioxide in it.
Earths atmosphere is bigger than Venus's.
Earths atmosphere is smaller than Venus's
Earths atmosphere has more Carbon Dioxide in it than Venus's
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Why can Earth support life but other planets can’t ?
Earth is made of rock
All other planets are too cold and have no atmosphere
Earth has an atmosphere & is not too hot or cold.
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Is there any oxygen (O
2
) in space?
Yes but only a tiny amount
No
Yes there is heaps
8
Planets don’t produce their own light so why can we see them in the night sky?
Our atmosphere lets us see other planets in the sky
Sunlight being reflected off of the planet making it "glow".
Sunlight is being absorbed by the planet so we can see it
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Explain what a planet does in a ‘year”
It does once complete orbit around the sun
It rotates/does one complete spin
It does once complete orbit around the earth
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What is an "atmosphere"?
A layer of gas around a planet
A layer of water around a planet
A layer of asteroids around a planet
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True or false, the further away a planet is from the sun the longer its year is?
True
False
12
For thousands of years humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe
False
True
