Planets
Objects in Space
Famous People
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
This planet is known for its great red spot.
What is Jupiter?
100
These objects are hot, distant, and made of gas.
What are stars?
100
This famous astronomer believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
100
It is a force that keeps objects in orbit around the sun. It helps keep oxygen on Earth.
What is gravity?
100
Scientists use these to study space
What are telescopes, satellites, probes, orbiters, shuttle missions, the International Space Station?
200
This is only planet known to support life.
What is Earth?
200
These objects are also known as shooting stars.
What are meteors?
200
She was the first female African American astronaut.
Who is Mae Jemison?
200
A suggested explanation for why something happens.
What is a theory?
200
The seasons change for this reason.
Why is Earth tilted on its axis?
300
The asteroid belt can be found between these two planets.
What are Mars and Jupiter?
300
These objects are made of rock, metal, and sometimes ice, and orbit the sun.
What are asteroids?
300
Spoke the famous words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
300
A theory on how the universe began
What is the Big Bang Theory?
300
An invisible, protective blanket of air around Earth.
What is an atmosphere?
400
These 4 planets are known as the "inner" or "terrestrial" planets.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
400
These space rocks are called meteors when they enter Earth's atmosphere.
What are meteoroids?
400
These 3 astronauts were on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Who are Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins?
400
The galaxy that our solar system is in
What is the Milky Way?
400
These 4 planets are known as the "gas giants."
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
500
Name the 8 planets in order from the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
500
This famous comet is visible from Earth with the naked eye every 76 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
500
He was the first American astronaut in space.
Who is Alan Shepard?
500
This happens when the moon gets in between the sun and Earth and blocks out the sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
500
These cause craters when they impact the Earth's surface.
What are meteorites?
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