General
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Sun
Mercury
Venus
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What do you call patterns of stars in the sky?
constellation
100
What scientist came up with the idea that the Earth revolves around the sun?
Who is Copernicus?
100
What is the approximate distance of the sun from Earth?
What is 93 million miles?
100
How long is Mercury's rotation?
What is 59 days.
100
What is the length of a Venus rotation?
What is 243 days.
200
What does astronomy mean?
"knowledge of the stars"
200
The special set of God-given skills where an animals how to do things without being taught.
What is instinct.
200
When the moon is in between the Sun and Earth, this is the result.
What is a solar eclipse.
200
What is the length of Mercury's revolution?
What is 88 days.
200
What is the length of a Venus revolution?
What is 225 days.
300
The force of something pulling things to itself.
What is gravity?
300
Scientist known for creating some of the first telescopes
Who is Galileo.
300
What is the outside temperature of the Sun?
10,000*
300
What are the daily temperatures on Mercury like?
Very hot days; very cold nights.
300
What is Venus' daily temperatures like?
HOT all the time! (870*)
400
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
Rotation is spinning around, resulting in 1 day. Revolution is orbiting around something else, resulting in a year.
400
The name of the enormous telescope floating above us.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope.
400
What force did God create to give the Sun its power?
What is thermonuclear fusion?
400
Why does Mercury have many craters on it?
It has no real atmosphere to protect it from asteroids.
400
How do we know what the surface of Venus is like when we can't really see it?
Radar
500
The correct order of the planets (including the 9th dwarf planet)?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
500
How many terrestrial and how many gaseous planets are there (counting Pluto)?
5 terrestrial 4 gaseous
500
What is the relationship between sunspots and Earth's weather?
The more sunspots, the hotter the sun, the warmer the weather on Earth. Fewer sunspots mean a cooler sun and cooler weather on Earth
500
How can Mercury get so cold when it is so close to the sun?
It has no atmosphere to hold warm air in when it is not facing the sun.
500
Why are Venus' temperatures the way they are if it is farther from the sun than Mercury?
It has a very thick, heavy atmosphere that traps in the heat.
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