Solar System
This planet is the only planet with air.
Earth.
This is Earth’s only natural satellite.
Moon.
What is the planet we live in?
Earth
This happens when the moon turns red.
Lunar Eclipse.
What is astronomy?
Astronomy is the science of studying space and everything in it.
How many planets in the solar system?
Name them.
8 - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
When the entire moon is bright and visible, it is called ____moon.
Full moon.
This planet has visible and bright rings around it.
Saturn
This happens when the Moon blocks the Sun.
Solar Eclipse.
What are astronomical phenomena?
Name one
Amazing space events you can see from Earth, like the moon changing shapes (phases), shooting stars (meteors), colourful auroras, and special events like eclipses, all caused by the Sun, Moon, Earth, and other space objects moving around, helping us learn about the huge universe.
This is the star at the center of our solar system.
The Sun.
Why do moon phases happen?
Moon’s position changes as it orbits Earth and reflects sunlight.
Jupiter.
How do days and nights happen?
Day and night happen because Earth spins (rotates) like a top, taking 24 hours to complete one turn. The side of Earth facing the Sun gets daylight, while the side turned away is dark, experiencing night. Space is everything outside Earth, full of stars and planets, and the Moon, which shines by reflecting sunlight, orbits Earth, making it a bright friend in the night sky.
What is an Aurora?
An aurora is a magical light show in the sky near the North or South Poles, caused by tiny particles from the Sun bumping into gases in Earth's atmosphere, making them glow in colours like green, pink, and blue, like a giant, colourful light curtain dancing across the night sky.
What is a galaxy?
A huge group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
This is when Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon.
Lunar eclipse.
Earth is the _____ planet from the Sun.
Third.
Why do seasons happen?
Seasons happen because Earth is tilted as it orbits the Sun; the part tilted towards the Sun gets more direct sunlight and has summer, while the part tilted away gets less direct sun and has winter, with spring and autumn in between, meaning seasons are opposite in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Earth orbits the Sun once a year, and this tilt, not changing distance from the Sun, causes warm summers and cold winters as different parts lean into or away from the Sun's energy.
What are people who travel to space called?
Astronauts.
What is the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Milky Way Galaxy.
The moon has it's own natural light.
True or false? Explain
False - the Moon does not produce its own light; the "moonlight" we see is actually sunlight reflecting off its surface, similar to how a mirror reflects light.
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
What is an equinox? What is a solstice?
What are the dates?
Equinoxes and solstices mark the seasons, caused by Earth's axial tilt as it orbits the Sun; an equinox is when day and night are nearly equal (start of spring/autumn), while a solstice is the longest (summer) or shortest (winter) day, marking summer/winter's start. Think of it as the Earth reaching points where its tilt is either balanced (equinox) or at its extreme towards/away from the Sun (solstice).
What is a nebula?
A nebula is a giant, beautiful cloud of dust and gas in space, like a cosmic fog or nursery where new stars are born, or old stars go to die, appearing in amazing shapes and colours because of the gases and nearby starlight, captured by telescopes like Hubble.