Our Solar System
This planet is known for its beautiful rings.
What is Saturn.
The Sun is classified as this type of star.
What is a yellow Dwarf.
The Moon’s gravity causes these daily changes in ocean levels.
What are tides?
The first human to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The galaxy that contains our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
The smallest planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury.
This is the hottest color a star can be.
What is blue.
The phase of the Moon when we can see the entire bright side.
What is a full moon?
The space agency responsible for U.S. space exploration.
What is NASA?
The next closest large galaxy to us.
What is the Andromeda Galaxy
This planet is famous for its giant storm called the Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter.
A large cloud of gas and dust where stars are born.
What is a nebula.
The Moon takes about this many days to orbit Earth.
What is 27 or about 28 days?
The first satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviet Union.
What is Sputnik 1?
The universe began with this massive expansion event.
What is the Big Bang?
The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is found on this planet.
What is Mars.
A star that suddenly brightens and explodes at the end of its life.
What is a supernova.
This occurs when the Moon passes directly between Earth and the Sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
The first rover to explore the surface of Mars in 1997.
What is Sojourner?
A group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky.
What is a constellation?
The asteroid belt lies between these two planets.
What are Mars and Jupiter.
After a supernova, a massive star may collapse into this.
What is a black hole or neutron star?
The first successful manned Moon landing was during this mission.
What is Apollo 11?
The telescope that has provided detailed images of distant galaxies since 1990.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The speed of light is approximately this many kilometers per second.
What is 300,000 km per second?