Stars
Earth
Planets
Objects in Space
Our Moon
100
What do you call the explosion when a star dies?
What is a supernova?
100
Name the imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole, and is the cause for the temperatures we have in this planet.
What is an axis?
100
Name the inner planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest away.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
100
What do you call a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun?
What is a comet?
100
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
200
What do you call a star that has died and its own gravity has caused it to shrink in on itself?
What is a black hole?
200
Name Earth's only natural satellite.
What is the moon?
200
Name the outer planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest away.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
200
What is a rocky mass that can be as small as a pebble or several hundred kilometers long?
What is an asteroid?
200
During which phase of the moon is the moon passing between Earth and the sun?
What is a new moon?
300
Sunspots can be found in which part of the sun?
What is the photosphere?
300
Name the type of orbit that Earth does around the sun.
What is elliptical?
300
This planet is the closest to Earth and is also the hottest planet in our solar system.
What is Venus?
300
Keylly said she saw a shooting star. What did she really see?
What is a meteor?
300
What happens to the tides/waves when the moon and the sun form almost a 90 degree angle with Earth?
What is the tides are at their highest?
400
What do you call the cloud of dust and gas a new star forms in?
What is a nebula?
400
What do you call the orbit Earth does around the sun every 365 1/4 days.
What is a revolution?
400
Name the planet that has thousands of rings around it made mostly of ice, rock, and dust.
What is Saturn?
400
Explain the parts of a comet.
What is the nucleus and coma? The nucleus is the center of the comet. The coma/two tails only forms when the comet is close to the sun and the sun starts to melt away the nucleus.
400
Why do craters last for millions of years on the surface of the moon?
What is because the moon has no water or wind to erode the craters?
500
Name the 3 major shapes of galaxies and explain how they look.
What is spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies? Spiral look like pinwheels. Elliptical galaxies look like an oval/football. Irregular galaxies have no constant shape.
500
How does Earth rotating on its axis help keep the planet at proper temperatures for life?
What is the Earth's axis and rotation? The Earth's rotation allows for just the proper amount of light and energy from the sun to come into our planet, it does not get too hot or too cold.
500
Explain what the inner planets have in common. Explain what the outer planets have in common.
What is the inner planets have rocky surfaces and are closest to the sun. The outer planets are made mostly gases like hydrogen and helium. Most have many moons and rings around them.
500
Explain the difference between asteroids, meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites.
What is asteroids are rocky masses that orbit the sun in an area called the asteroid belt. Meteoroids are asteroids traveling in space outside our atmosphere. A meteor is when a meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere. Meteorites are meteors that have crashed into Earth.
500
Name the four major phases of the moon.
What is new moon, crescent moon, first quarter, and full moon?
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