Planets
How many planets are in our Solar System?
8
Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun.
Asteroids
What is the largest object in our solar system?
The Sun
Blue
What is the common method for measuring distance in space?
Lightyears
Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
Cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun.
Comets
How many different phases of the moon are there?
8
What do we call a group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture?
A Constellation
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
Spiral
Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
A streak of light in the sky which is sometimes referred to as a shooting star.
Meteor
What occurs when the moon gets between Earth and the sun, and the moon casts a shadow over Earth.
A Solar Eclipse
A large explosion that takes place at the end of a star's life cycle
Supernova
What is the name of the telescope that we put into space in 1990 that takes sharp pictures of objects in the sky such as planets, stars and galaxies?
The Hubble Telescope
How many planets have rings?
A rock that falls to Earth from space.
Meteorite
Approximately, how many days does it take the moon to go through all of its phases?
29 days
An enormous cloud of dust and gas where stars are born.
Nebula
What do we call a predicted collection of icy objects farther away than everything else in the solar system?
The Oort Cloud
Why is Mars known as the "Red Planet?"
Because of the rusty iron in the ground which gives the surface its reddish color.
A place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out
Black Hole
What does the moon have an impact on and control on Earth?
High and Low Tides
What is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star called.
A Neutron Star
What are the three different types of galaxies?
Spiral, elliptical, and irregular.