Our Galaxy
The Sun
Vocabulary
Language
Space Exploration
100
What makes Mars appear red?
Rust in the dirt
100
What does Earth need to support life?
1. Gravitational Pull
2. Heat and Light
3. Clouds and Water
Heat and Light
100
Use the word satellite in a sentence correctly
answer vary
100
Fill in the blank:
We moved inflatable day inside ______ it was raining.
because
100
Which happened first?
1. Yuri Gagarin orbits the globe.
2. U.S. astronauts walk on the moon.
Yuri Gagarin orbits the globe
200
What spiral galaxy is Earth a part of?
The Milky Way
200
As earth _________, or spins on its axis, it causes day and night.
rotates
200
Tears streamed down her face.
What is the meaning of the word stream in that sentence?
To flow or trail
200
Which word completes the sentence?
We had a blizzard warning, _____ we didn't have school yesterday.
So
200
This is a crewed or uncrewed vehicle designed to travel into space for research and exploration
Spacecraft
300
This object that orbits Earth doesn't have as much gravity as Earth but still causes tides in the ocean.
The Moon
300
Which season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing when the South Pole is tilted toward the sun?
Winter
300
What does the word pursue mean?
To do what is needed to accomplish something
300
Which suffix best completes the word hope- in the sentence.
It was _______. No matter how fast we ran, we would never catch up to the bus.
Hopeless
300
A tool that helps us see distant objects like stars and planets by magnifying them.
A telescope
400
Name the planets in correct order from closest to farthest from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
400
During a solar eclipse the _____ travels between the _____ and the sun.
During a solar eclipse the moon travels between the Earth and the sun.
400
Give an example of something with a large gravitional pull.
The sun, earth, planets, etc.
400
Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
1. The teacher's pen ran out of ink.
2. The teachers pen ran out of ink.
1. The teacher's pen ran out of ink.
400
Who was the first Black female astronaut to go into space?
Mae Jemison
500
Name the moon phase seen in this picture.
Waning Gibbous
500
Name 2 objects that orbit the sun
Planets, comets, and meteoroids
500
Give a synonym for the word frigid.
Cold, freezing, frozen, etc.
500
Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
1. Three kittens' paws were dirty after playing in the mud.
2. Three kittens's paws were dirty after playing in the mud.
3. Three kittens paws' were dirty after playing in the mud.
1. Three kittens' paws were dirty after playing in the mud.
500
This is an uncrewed spacecraft that explores space, constantly taking pictures
Space Probe