Planets
How many planets are there? (No dwarf planets)
8
How many moons does Mars have?
2
What is a star?
Stars are big exploding balls of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium.
What is a meteor?
Those traveling in toward the sun releases clouds of gas and dust and become comets. Asteroid and comet particles are called meteoroids. A meteor is a bright streak of light in the sky (a “shooting star” or a falling star”) produced by the entry of a small meteoroid into the Earth’s atmosphere.
Name 1 dwarf planet?
Pick any below:
Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, Triton, 4 Vesta, Phoebe, Meso Planet
Name five planets? (no dwarf planets)
Pick any of the answers below:
Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What are the names of the two moons of Mars?
Phobos and Deimos
Name two types of stars?
Solar Stars and Constellation
What is an asteroid belt?
About 400,000 individual asteroids have been identified, but there are billions Altogether. Most of them circle the sun in a broad band called the Asteroid Belt. The Asteroid Belt is separating Mars an Jupiter
How many registered dwarf planets are there?
5
Which planet is the furthest away in the solar system?
Neptune
What is the biggest moon in the whole solar system?
Ganymede (The moon of Jupiter)
Name two stages in the lifetime of a star?
Pick any of the answers below:
Nebula, Protostar, Red Giant, White Dwarf, and Black Dwarf
How many meteors have hit Earth per year?
Estimated between 36 and 166 meteorites larger than 10 grams fall to Earth per million square kilometers per year.
Which dwarf planet is closest to the sun?
Ceres
What makes neptune blue?
Methane
What is the smallest moon in the solar system?
Deimos (The moon of Mars)
What is the biggest star known in the milky way?
The Pistol Star (Blue Star)
What causes a meteor?
Larger meteors burn up as they enter the earth's atmosphere, creating fleeting streaks of light. Meteor showers occur when the earth in its orbit around the Sun passes through debris left over from the disintegration of comets.
What is the furthest dwarf planet from the sun?
Pluto
By how many degrees is Uranus's axis tilted?
98 degrees
How many moons does Mars and jupiter have combined?
55
Are there infinite stars in the universe?
Yes
Why is there an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Scatterd in Orbits around the sun are bits of pieces of rock left over from the dawn of the solar system. Most of these objects called planetoids, or asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter in a grouping known as the Main Asteroid Belt.
What makes a dwarf planet a dwarf planet?
It does not clear the area of the orbit.