Moons
The number of moons that Mercury and Venus have.
What is zero?
This contains the 8 planets and the Sun.
What is the Solar System?
The name of the galaxy that we are in.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
The cores of the 4 inner planets are mainly composed of these metals.
What is iron and nickel?
True or False: The Earth's Moon appears bright in the sky because it absorbs light from the Sun.
What is false?
Name 3 constellations.
What is Orion's Belt, Big Dipper and Andromeda?
The names of the 4 outer planets.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
The name of the mission where 3 American astronauts and a Canadian astronaut orbited the Moon.
What is Artemis II?
This phase of the moon occurs when the moon is furthest away from the Sun.
What is full moon?
The number of known constellations.
What is 88?
It takes 365 1/4 days for the Earth to make one of these around the sun.
What is an Orbit or Revolution?
This planet is the biggest and has the most moons.
What is Jupiter?
When a rock from outer space strikes the surface of the Earth it is called this.
What is a meteorite?
List the 8 phases of the Moon in order.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, and waning crescent?
This star allows us to always find North.
What is polaris?
The outer planets are made up of these 2 gasses.
What is hydrogen and helium?
This planet takes 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
What is Neptune?
What is observes weather patterns, takes pictures of other planets and sends pictures back to Earth for analyzing?
A group of stars that form a pattern.
What is a CONSTELLATION.
This constellation allows us to figure out where South is.
What is Orion's Belt?
This planet takes 10 hours to rotate on it's axis.
What is Jupiter?
List 2 reasons why Venus' day is longer then it's year.
What is it has a thick atmosphere and undergoes retrograde rotation?
The number of months and days that occur in a lunar calendar year Hint: Depending on the year, the number of months may differ.
What is 12/13 and 28?