This document contains 12 true/false statements about planets and moons in our solar system, definitions for key scientific terms, and questions to test knowledge. It covers topics like the effect of Earth's gravity on the Moon, unique properties of planets like Titan, Uranus, and Neptune, classifications of celestial objects as planets or dwarf planets, and phenomena involving the Sun, Moon, comets and asteroids. The document serves to both provide information and assess understanding of basic astronomy and scientific concepts.
This document contains 12 true/false statements about planets and moons in our solar system, definitions for key scientific terms, and questions to test knowledge. It covers topics like the effect of Earth's gravity on the Moon, unique properties of planets like Titan, Uranus, and Neptune, classifications of celestial objects as planets or dwarf planets, and phenomena involving the Sun, Moon, comets and asteroids. The document serves to both provide information and assess understanding of basic astronomy and scientific concepts.
This document contains 12 true/false statements about planets and moons in our solar system, definitions for key scientific terms, and questions to test knowledge. It covers topics like the effect of Earth's gravity on the Moon, unique properties of planets like Titan, Uranus, and Neptune, classifications of celestial objects as planets or dwarf planets, and phenomena involving the Sun, Moon, comets and asteroids. The document serves to both provide information and assess understanding of basic astronomy and scientific concepts.
Write whether true or false and if the statement is
false, correct the word to make it a true sentence.
1. Earths gravity pulls the moon outward? ( TRUE / FALSE ) _____________________________________________________________ 2. Saturns largest moon, Titan is the only moon in the solar system that has a thick atmosphere. ________________________________________________________________ 3. Neptune is also known as a tilted planet ________________________________________________________________ 4. Uranuss axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of about 90 degree from the vertical __________________________________________________________________ 5. Ganymede, Callisto, Io, Europa are all examples of dwarf planets __________________________________________________________________ 6. A notable feature of Jupiters atmosphere is its great dark spot. __________________________________________________________________ 7. Jupiter is the largest and the most massive planet. __________________________________________________________________ 8. Neptune has the most spectacular rings of any planet. __________________________________________________________________ 9. A neap tide occurs once a month __________________________________________________________________ 10. An object that orbits a sun but does not clear the path of its orbit is a dwarf planet. _________________________________________________________________ 11. A mixture of dust and ice that gives a trail of light as it approaches the sun is a meteoroid. ________________________________________________________________ 12. The amount of matter in an object is its weight ______________________________________________________________