Stars
What is the Star at the center of our Solar System?
Sun/ Sol
This planet is a gas giant with visible rings around it.
Saturn
The name of our galaxy is?
The Milky Way
This part of the Milky Way orbits our Sun. It is probably covered in some kind of ice, and has a frozen atmosphere.
Eris, Dwarf planet
This is one of the terrestrial planets. It gets its red color from the rust or iron oxide on the surface.
Mars.
What color is the hottest star?
Blue Stars
This planet was down graded to a dwarf planet, because it wouldn't stay in its own orbit, and was made differently than the others.
Pluto
Our Solar system is located on this arm in the Milky Way galaxy.
Orion's spur
This part of the Milky Way has a diameter of 8,000 miles and is 93 million miles from the sun. It does orbit the sun, and is made of Rock, minerals, surface water, oxygen & nitrogen atmosphere.
Earth
This planet gets it bluish color from the methane gas in its atmosphere.
Neptune
Why does our sun look like the brightest star to us?
It is the closest star. This makes it appear to be the brightest.
This planets location is the third from the sun.
Earth
The Milky Way galaxy is set on a collision course with another galaxy. What is the name of that galaxy?
Andromeda
These come from what is called the Oort Cloud , and spend most of their time far from the Sun. When they get close to the sun, some of the ice burns off, producing the bright tail that we see from Earth.
Comet
This is the Earth's only natural satellite. It is made of rock, covered in craters, and has no atmosphere.
The moon
The light from a star travels in what type of year?
light year
This terrestrial planet is red in color.
Mars
This type of galaxy is known for looking like a disc. They contain large-scale discs but they do not have large-scale spiral arms.
Lenticular galaxy
These are located in the Asteroid Belt, and over 100,000. are located between Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroids
This planet has no solid surface to walk on, but who would want to take a stroll when it is storming.
Hint: It is famous for its Great Red Spot.
Jupiter
What is our sun made of?
Hydrogen gas
This planet has 79 known moons.
Jupiter
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
Spiral
These occur in Earth's Atmosphere. They are smaller than a dime, but what we see is a glowing piece of rock.
Meteor
Complete the sentence. As Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in 1979, it captured this photo of the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is an anti-cyclonic (high- pressure) storm on Jupiter that can be likened to the worst hurricanes on Earth. An ancient storm, it is so large that _____ Earths could fit inside it.Mar 23, 2008
three