Planets
Satellites
Stars
galaxies
RANDOM
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What is the third planet from the sun?
EARTH!
100
What is a meteorite?
A meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere an burns up.
100
What is the fancy name for the North Star?
Polaris
100
What galaxy is Earth in?
The Milky Way
100
What is a constellation?
A group of stars making a picture or form in the sky
200
What makes the dwarf planet Eris different from other dwarf planets?
It is in the Asteroid Belt, whereas all the other dwarf planets are trans-neptunian meaning that they are farther than Neptune
200
What is the difference between an asteroid, and a meteor?
An asteroid is a meteoroid that belongs in the Asteroid Belt orbiting the sun, whereas a meteor is a meteoroid that crashes to Earth.
200
What is it called when a star explodes?
SUPERNOVA!
200
What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way?
a pinwheel, or spiral galaxy
200
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the moon appears to cover the sun
300
What makes Haumea (the dwarf planet) different from other dwarf planets?
It orbits so quickly, that it stretches! So Haumea is NOT a perfect sphere!
300
How many tails does a comet have?
Three!
300
What is the process called when hydrogen turns to helium, fueling a star?
nuclear fusion
300
What is an irregular galaxy?
A galaxy that is not pinwheel, or elliptical
300
What satellite did Mr. Gru steal?
the MOOOOOOON
400
What are two examples of dwarf planets?
If you said any of the following names you are correct:
Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake
400
What are comets made of?
Snow, ice, space dust, and space rock
400
What is a Black Dwarf?
The state of when a star stops emitting light
400
What kind of galaxy is this?
pinwheel, or spiral galaxy
400
What is the Line of the Zodiac?
The path of the planets
500
What makes Uranus different from the other planets?
It looks sideways, because it's rings are at a 180 degree angle!
500
Name the different comets tails.
The dust tail, the ion tail, and the sodium tail.
500
What is a Nebula?
A cloud of space gas, and dust
500
What kind of galaxy is this?
Elliptical galaxy! Although if you said Andromeda galaxy, that would be correct too.
500
Why do they call a lunar eclipse "The Biggest Coincidence in the Universe"?
Because in reality, the moon is too small to cover the sun. It just happens to be that the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon, but the moon is 400 times closer to us, making the moon look bigger.