Inner Planets
What is the closest Planet to the Sun?
Mercury
The planet with rings is named:
Saturn
What is an asteroid?
Stony or Metallic object
Orbits the Sun
Does not have a spherical shape
What is apparent magnitude?
The brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on the earth.
What is a Galaxy?
A massive star system
Which Planet is the only planet that is suitable for life?
Earth
Uranus
What is the most well-known comet?
Halleys Comet
What are the 3 star types?
Giants, Super Giants, White Dwarfs
What is the name of the galaxy that we live in?
The Milky Way
Why are these 4 planets called the inner planets?
They are closest to the sun.
What is the largest planet is the solar system?
Jupiter
Meteors are also refered to as:
Its surface temperature
What is the largest, closet, spiral galaxy closest to the Milky Way?
The Andromeda Galaxy
What Planet is named after the Roman God of war?
Mars
This Planet was discovered mathematically before it was seen:
Neptune
What is a Trojan Asteriod?
These asteriods travel in the same orbit as Jupiter.
One group travels 60 degrees in front on Jupiter and one group travels 60 degrees behind Jupiter.
What are the 2 names of steller explosions?
Nova and Supernova
What is a Nebula?
Large clouds of gas and dust floating in space
Which Planet is this?
- Often the Brightest in the Night Sky
- Nickname of Morning Star or Evening Star
- This planet's rotation is retrograde
Venus
Which planet had the Great Dark Spot?
Neptune
What are the different Comet Components?
Hint: There are 3
Nucleus, Coma, Tail
List the color of Stars coolest to hottest:
White, Red, Yellow, Blue-White
Red, Yellow, White, Blue White
Name at least 2 of the Galaxy Shapes
Spiral Galaxies (looks like a pinwheel)
Elliptical Galaxies (looks like an egg or a football)
Lenticular Galaxies (flat with a bulging nucleus)
Irregular Galaxies (Clumped together with no definite shape)