3 intro and lesson 1

Multiple Choice

Real or Fake

• Real

• Fake

Multiple Choice

How much of the Earth is covered in water

• 40

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 80

Open Ended

What would we TRULY need if we moved to another planet?

Multiple Choice

Which item best describes the “Goldilocks Zone”?

• The uninhabitable zone within a solar system.

• The habitable zone within a solar system.

• The area on a planet that may support life.

• The area in a biosphere that can support life.

Multiple Choice

What separates the Inner Planets and Outer Planets?

• Mars

• Asteroid Belt

• Nothing

• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

 to spin on an axis

• rotate

• revolve

• orbit

• hop

Multiple Choice

to go around, or orbit, another object

• revolve

• rotate

• orbit

• spin

Multiple Choice

How long does Earth's rotation take?

• 365.25 days

• 24 hours

• 6 months

• 28 days

Multiple Choice

What is the band of potential habitability?

• the right distance from a star for an atmosphere to form

• the right distance from a star for a terrestrial planet to form

• the right distance and temperature for liquid water

• the right distance to protect a planet from the sun's UV rays

Open Ended

How does the conservation of energy and angular momentum work?

Work with your small group,

Give an example.

​Draw the nebular theory in our notes.

Open Ended

How does this videos help demonstrate angular momentum?

Multiple Choice

A system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity is called -

• an asteroid

• a moon

• a galaxy

• a nebula

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes a nebula?

• A cloud of gas and dust where new stars form

• An oval-shaped cluster of densely packed stars

• An explosion at the end of a giant star’s life

• A star and all the planets that revolve around it

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a star? A star is a celestial body -

• composed of rock and metal with a very high density.

• that is too big to be an asteroid, but too small to be a planet.

• that rotates on an axis and revolves around the Sun.

• composed of gases that emit light due to nuclear reactions.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an accurate description of the relationship between components of the universe?

• Stars always contain galaxies.

• Galaxies contain many stars.

• Stars contain several nebulae.

• Nebulae contain many galaxies.

Multiple Choice

According to the Big Bang Theory, what is happening to the size of the universe?

• The universe is growing

• The universe is shrinking

• The universe is staying the same size

• The universe rides on the back of four elephants, supported by a turtle.

Multiple Choice

What is a galaxy?

• Like a solar system, but made of dust

• A cluster of thousands of stars all floating together in space

• A cellphone made by the Nokia company

• A grouping of hundreds of millions of stars held together by gravity

Multiple Choice

Process by which many nuclei (the centers of atoms) combine to make larger one (which is a different element). The result of this process is the release of a lot of energy.

• Nebula

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• Pulsar

Multiple Choice

Cloud of dust or matter

• Red Giant

• Nebula

• Binary Star System

• Black hole

Multiple Choice

The force by which a planet or other body draws objects towards its center

• Gravitational Force

• Supernova

• Red Giant

• Nuclear Fission

Fill in the Blanks

How many planets are there?

HAND ON PLANET ACTIVITY

Small groups work on creating presentation on planets and begin exploring our Solar System. ---- Bet you never tried this.... (next slide)

​Google Maps Activity

​Go to Google Maps

Bottom Left Corner.

Go to Layers - More Options

Click on Global View/Labels and the Satellite

Using mouse zoom all the way off the Earth

Explore a planet (dwarf) or moon in our solar system