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Planets
Gravity
The Moon and Sun
Other Space "Stuff"
100
The third planet from the sun.
What is Earth?
100
This planet gets its color from rust deposits.
What is Mars?
100
The reason that everything in space stays where it is.
What is gravity?
100
The word "solar" comes from the Latin word for this.
What is the sun?
100
The cluster of space rocks that lies between Mars and Jupiter
What is the asteroid belt?
200
The number of Earth days it takes for the Earth to make one full revolution.
What is 365? (365.25 for brownie points)
200
This planet's thick and heavy atmosphere make it the hottest planet in our solar system.
What is Venus?
200
An area in space with such a strong gravitational pull that not even light can escape.
What is a black hole?
200
The word "lunar" comes from the Latin word for this.
What is the moon?
200
A group of stars that seem to form a picture.
What is a constellation?
300
The reason that we experience day and night on Earth.
What is rotation?
300
The smallest planet with one very hot side and one very cold side.
What is Mercury?
300
the direction that everything orbits in our solar system
What is counterclockwise?
300
The star at the center of our planetary system.
What is the sun?
300
The planets in our solar system from closest to the sun to farthest away.
What are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
400
What is the name of our galaxy?
What is the Milky Way?
400
The planet that rotates on its side.
What is Uranus?
400
The biggest cause of high tide and low tide.
What is the moon? (This won't be on the quiz, but way to go!)
400
When the moon moves in between the Earth and sun, temporarily blocking its light.
What is a solar eclipse?
400
Probably born in the Kuiper Belt, these "ice balls" form a tail when they near the sun.
What are comets?
500
The two reasons we experience seasons on Earth.
What is the tilt of the axis and the revolution of Earth?
500
The planet with the longest revolution at 165 Earth years.
What is Neptune?
500
The two factors that affect gravitational pull.
What is the mass and distance of an object? (also not quizzed, but definitely a 500 point question!)
500
The number of Earth days it takes for the moon to make one revolution around the Earth.
What is about 28? (29.5 for brownie points)
500
These are mistakenly referred to as "shooting stars"
What are meteors?
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