Stars
A medium yellow star that only seems huge because of its location compared to others.
What is our sun?
The time it takes for the Earth to rotate half way?
What is 12 hours
The name for the group of planets that have little or no moons
What are the Inner Planets?
Objects found between the inner and outer planets?
What are asteroids?
A tool that will help see more detail about a small area of the sky.
What is a telescope?
Star close to Earth include the sun, Alpha Centauri, and Barnard's star.
How is the sun different from Alpha Centauri and Barnard's star?
What is it is the only star in our solar system
The degrees that the earth is tilted
What is 23.5 degrees
A group of planets composed of gases
What is the outer planets?
An object that looks like a streak of light in the sky but is a small chunk of rock passing through Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
Pluto was once called a planet. In 2006 it was reclassified with other nearly round bodies whose object cross the orbits of other bodies. The term that describes Pluto.
What is a Dwarf Planet?
Why do some stars that are smaller in size appear to be larger when looked at from Earth?
What is they are closer to Earth
The time it takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis
What is 24 hours?
If the Earth was a softball, the moon was a baseball, which ball listed would be the sun? Ping pong ball, soccer ball, or tennis ball
What is Soccer Ball?
Small natural objects that revolve around other objects,usually planets,
What are moons?
One of the 3 types of galaxies
What is elliptical, spiral or irregular
The hottest color of star
What is Blue?
The 2 parts that causes seasons?
What is the Revolution of the Earth and the Earth's tilt
Group of planets with a thick atmosphere,
What are the outer planets?
An object that has broken off an asteroid and travels through space?
What is a meteroid?
Causes the gradual change in the length of your shadow throughout the day
What is the rotation of the Earth on its axis?
The composition of stars (must include at least 2 words)
What is burning balls of gas?
If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the season it is in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is winter?
Another way planets move in space other than revolving around the sun.
What is rotation on its axis?
An object that is made up of frozen gas and has a visible tail, pointing away from the sun.
What is a comet?
A tool that orbits the Earth's atmosphere in order to observe deep space.
What is a space probe?