Star Stuff
Galaxies
The Planets
Space Objects
Fun Facts
100
You are made of this. (***hint the answer contains the word star!)
What is star stuff or star dust
100
Milky Way is this type of galaxy
What is spiral
100
Name the inner planets in order from closest to the sun to furthest from the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
100
A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor
100
This celestial object can cause what is referred to as spaghettification.
What is a black hole
200
This is an imaginary pattern of stars in the sky.
What is a constellation
200
Another name for a galaxy that is spherical or looks like a flattened disc
What is elliptical
200
Name the outer planets in order from closest to the sun to furthest.
What are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
Rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small to be considered planets.
What are asteroids
200
This is the only planet in our solar system that would float in water.
What is Saturn
300
A large cloud of gas or dust in space, spread out in an immense volume
What is a nebula
300
A type of galaxy with no specific shape
What is irregular
300
The high temperature of this planet's surface is due partly to the greenhouse effect.
What is: Venus
300
small object made of dust, rock, and ice; it's tail points away from the Sun
What is a comet
300
We can only detect about 5% of the matter in the universe. The rest is made up of invisible matter called what?
What is dark matter
400
The brilliant explosion of a dying super-giant star
What is a supernova
400
A galaxy with multiple "arms"
What is spiral
400
The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of what two planets?
What are Mars & Jupiter.
400
A meteoroid that pass through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface
What is a meteorite
400
These type of stars are the leftovers of the deaths of massive stars in supernova explosions.
What are Neutron Stars
500
This is a rapidly spinning neutron star that produces radio waves.
What is a pulsar
500
What is the closest galaxy like our own?
What is the Andomeda galaxy. It is 2.2 million light-years away from us. Andromeda is approaching our galaxy at a rate of 670,000 miles per hour. Five billion years from now it may even collide with our Milky Way galaxy.
500
This is the only planet in our solar system that is tilted on its side.
What is Uranus
500
Caused when charged particles glow, the "Northern Lights"
What are auroras
500
How long would it take a space-craft to reach the nearest galaxy from us? (The closest answer wins!)
The closest one too us is the Andromeda Galaxy which is 2,538,000 light years away. That means that if you could travel at the speed of light (which you can't) it would take 2.54 million years to get there! In the spacecraft we have available today it would take 785200000000000 years.
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