Space

Question 1

List all the phases of the moon

Answer 1

First quarter 
Waxing crescent
New
Waning crescent
Last quarter 
Waning gibbous
Full
Waxing gibbous

Question 2

What is gravity

Answer 2

An attractive force between all objects

Question 3

What is mass

Answer 3

Amount of matter(in kg)

Question 4

What is weight

Answer 4

Force due to the planets gravitational pull(in Newtons)

Question 5

Does gravity push or pull

Answer 5

Pull

Question 6

List the eight planets in order(closest to furthest from the sun)

Answer 6

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn 
Uranus
Neptune

Question 7

What are the four inner planets made mostly up of?

Answer 7

Iron, nickel and rocks

Question 8

What are the four inner planets

Answer 8

Mercury, Venus, Earth and mars

Question 9

What are the 4 outer planets made mostly up of?

Answer 9

Gasses

Question 10

What are the 4 outer planets

Answer 10

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 11

What is the generalised name given to the outer planets

Answer 11

Gas giants

Question 12

What are satellites

Answer 12

Objects that orbit planets

Question 13

Fact:

Answer 13

Satellites can be man made or natural

Question 14

Give 1 man made satellite

Answer 14

Sputnik 1

Question 15

Give one natural satellite

Answer 15

Europa

Question 16

What is a geostationary orbit

Answer 16

An orbit at the same speed as the planet rotates.

Question 17

What is a polar orbit

Answer 17

Orbits around poles, whilst the planet spins underneath.

Question 18

How do scientists believe the universe began

Answer 18

The Big Bang. Atoms jammed together and slowly stars began to form.

Question 19

What evidence do they have to support this idea

Answer 19

An example is the microwave background.

Question 20

Why is this a theory and not a fact

Answer 20

Because no one knows for sure.

Question 21

How old are our galaxies

Answer 21

About 13.8 billion years old

Question 22

What is a black hole

Answer 22

An area of such forceful gravity, that nothing can escape it.

Question 23

What is a planet

Answer 23

An object that must do all of these three things; Orbit a star, be big enough to have enough gravity to keep a spherical shape and big enough that it’s gravity clears away any object of a similar size near its orbit.

Question 24

What is a nebula

Answer 24

A giant cloud of dust and gas in space

Question 25

What causes day and night

Answer 25

Earth spins on an axis. When one side is facing away from the sun, it is night and for the other side it is day.

Question 26

What causes years and seasons

Answer 26

During the course of the year, more of one part of the earth recieves the most rays. This means it is summer.

Question 27

What causes phases of the moon

Answer 27

The lunar month

Question 28

What causes lunar eclipses

Answer 28

When the moon moves into earths shadow

Question 29

Describe our solar system

Answer 29

Lots of planets and stars. Can never see the end. Potentially infinite.

Question 30

Difference between mass and weight

Answer 30

Mass it the amount of matter I a material/object, whereas weight is who gravity acts upon the mass.

Question 31

Why does the earth orbit the sun

Answer 31

Because all planets orbit stars

Question 32

uses of man made satellites

Answer 32

Explore space
Scientific investigations 
Communication 
Navigation
Earth observation