Planet Facts
Celestial Bodies
General Knowledge
Moon
Planet
Vocabulary
100

The red planet

What is Mars? 

100

Our Sun is one of these.

What is a star?

100

What type of scientist studies space?

What is an astronomer?

100

The first phase of the moon

What is the New Moon?

100

The outer planets are made of this.

What is gas?

100

What is a group of stars that create a picture in the sky? 

What is a constellation?

200

Rotates sideways

What is Uranus?

200

A group of rocky objects orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter

What is the asteroid belt?

200

The path planets and other objects take around the Sun

What is an orbit?

200
During which phase is the moon fully illuminated (lit up)?

What is a full moon?

200

The inner planets are made of this.

What is rock?

200

What is the measure of the pull of gravity? 

What is weight?

300

Closest planet to the sun

What is Mercury?

300

The planet with the most moons

What is Jupiter with more than 60 confirmed moons?

300

The largest thing in our solar system

What is the Sun?

300

What are the holes on the moon's surface called? 

What are craters?

300

The smallest planet in the Solar System.

What is Pluto?

300

What is the word for the star and all the things that orbit around it? 

What is a solar system?

400

The biggest hurricane in the solar system

What is Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

400

The center of the solar system

What is the Sun?

400

It takes the Earth this long to travel all the way around the Sun.

What is a year?

400

What does the pull of gravity of the moon cause on earth?  

What are tides?

400

The largest planet in the Solar System.

What is Jupiter?

400

What is the name for the phase of the moon when it is less than a quarter lit up? 

What is a crescent?

500

Saturn's rings are made of

What is ice, rock and dust?

500

What do we call a shooting star

What is a meteor?

500

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet

What is a moon?

500

What causes the moon to glow? 

What is the reflection of the sun's light?

500

Which planet takes the longest to orbit the sun?

What is Pluto?

500

What word describes the trip the earth takes around the sun? 

What is a revolution?

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