Fun Facts Earth and Space

How fast is the speed of light?

186,000 miles per second

What level of elevation is too high for humans to breath in (this is because oxygen decreases the higher you get).

26,000 ft "death zone" This guy is using supplemental oxygen to survive

The Earth takes _____ days to complete its orbit round the Sun

365 1/4 (1/4 is added up every 4 years for leap year)

How old is earth?

4.543 billion years

How many active volcanoes are in Washington State

5 .....They are, Mount Saint Helens, Mount Adams, Mount Rainier, Glacier Peak, and Mount Baker.

The Earth is ____ million miles from the Sun

93

Who developed the Theory of Relativity?

Albert Einstein (too mind-blowing to discuss now but we will at a later date)

What is the 2nd closest star to the earth

Alpha Centauri (it is actually a star system with 3 stars)

What were the first organisms to appear on Earth?

Archaea (that is what is known so far)

How many galaxies are there in the universe?

BILLIONS!

Will kylo Ren successfully rule the universe?

Definitely Not!

Who has more Midi-chlorians Anakin Skywalker or Kylo Ren?

Duh, Anakin holds the record

The most famous comet that returns to earths vicinity every 75 years

Haileys Comet

Who is the pilot of the Millennium Falcon? You better get this...

Hans Solo

What is the lowest known natural point on earth?

Marianas Trench (36,201 ft below the ocean surface)

What is the largest volcano on earth...hint, it is in Hawaii

Mauna Loa

Which galaxy does earth belong

Milky Way

What is the world's highest mountain? It has the "highest elevation above sea level at 29,035 ft.

Mount Everest (some people risk their lives to get to the top of this mountain)

An ape-human type creature that many believe lives mostly in forests in the Pacific Northwest region of the North American continent.

Sasquatch! (or Jerrod : P )

The first man made object sent into space was in 1957 when the Russian satellite named _____ was launched.

Sputnik

What is an explosion of a star

Supernova

This is also known as the northern lights - it is a vivid demonstration of the Earth's magnetic field interacting with charged particles from the sun

The aurora borealis

What is the closest star to the earth

The sun

Life began more than 3.5 billion years ago in our oceans, which cover nearly 70 percent of the planet's surface and are a source of the water vapor responsible for our _____

Weather

Do aliens exist?

Yes, obviously, they are called ewoks, and they are adorable.

Earth's ____ provides the right mix of breathable air for animals and plants, it also acts as a force field against solar radiation and deadly space debris.

atmosphere

Earth's ____ ____ exposes more or less of our planet's hemispheres to the sun, depending on the time of year (and is also responsible for our seasons).

axial tilt

As the Earth orbits round the Sun it turns on its _____ , rotating right round in 24 hours ( 1 day)

axis

A place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out.

black hole

What makes earth's land masses move?

continental drift

In 2006, astronomers changed the definition of a planet. This means that Pluto is now referred to as a _______ ______

dwarf planet, aww poor pluto : (

A _____ is a massive group of stars, star clusters, interstellar gas and dust, and dark matter which is all gravitationally bound together.

galaxy

Because of lower _______ , a person who weighs 200 pounds on earth would only weigh 76 pounds on the surface of Mars.

gravity (what planet do you think that is?)

Earth is the only known planet that has _______ _______ on its surface.

liquid water

Earth's rotation and its core of molten nickel and iron generates a _______ _______, which shields us from solar radiation.

magnetic field

Saturn isn't the only _____ planet, other gas giants such as Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have rings, they are just less obvious.

ringed

The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable human-made _____ that orbits Earth

satellite

The Earth is fragile. Its surface is split into _____ _____ which float on a rocky mantle

tectonic plates

The Earth is the _____ planet from the Sun and comes between the planet Venus and the planet Mars.

third

It is because of the gravitational pull from the sun and moon that we have high & low _______

tides