Solar System Webquest
A. Please download the app called Gizmo for the app store. You will not need it today, but you should be ready to use it tomorrow.
B. Complete the Solar System Formation Web Quest.
Directions: Use the websites provided to learn about the beginning of the universe (Big Bang Theory) and the formation of our solar system.
The Big Bang Theory
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/
1) Cosmology is the study of ______.
http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMSZ5WJD1E_OurUniverse_0.html
2) What is The Big Bang Theory? And don’t say “A TV show on CBS.”J
______
3) The Big Bang happened about ______years ago.
4) ______, ______, and ______all began with the Big Bang.
5) What happened following the Big Bang to allow protons and neutrons to come together to form atoms and eventually atoms to come together to form different elements? ______
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/cosmos_bigbang.html
6) The first evidence for the Big Bang Theory was when Edwin Hubble in ______discovered that everything in the universe is ______.
7) There are 4 main pieces of evidence that support The Big Bang Theory:
a) Evidence that the universe is ______.
b) ______radiation from the “first light” that was released once the universe reached ______years old.
c) The amount of different ______in the universe is almost exactly as what The Big Bang predicts.
d) Finally, the Big Bang Theory is the only explanation that explains why our universe looks the way it does today!
The Formation of the Solar System
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/print-version/?p=/nature-online/space/planets-solar-system/formation/index.html
8) Our Solar System formed about ______years ago.
9) Stars and planets form in a huge cloud of dust and gas called a ______.
10) The dust and gas that formed our Solar System may have come from a ______, or exploding star.
11) Use the following websites to diagram the steps that led to the formation of the Solar System. http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/formation.html&edu=mid
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhy1fucSRQI
Formation of the Sun (star): http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/solsys_star.php
Formation of planets: http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/solsys_planets.php
C. EXPLAIN why Earth is habitable. Your answer must include information about
atmosphere, water, temperature, energy, and nutrients.
**Once you have completed all of the work above, please make sure you name is on your paper and turn your work into Mrs. Moore.**