Planets of our Solar System
What planet is known for supporting life?
Earth
What device (technology) helps scientists observe distant objects?
Telescope
What are the bright objects in the night sky?
Stars
The belief that Earth is the centre of the universe.
Geocentrism
What term describes all of space and everything in it?
Universe
What is the smallest planet and closest to the Sun?
Mercury
What robotic vehicles observe distant planets?
Rovers
What icy objects travel through space with glowing tails? (Sometimes called "dirty snowballs".)
Comets
Tthe belief that the Sun is the center of the solar system?
Heliocentrism
What galaxy is home to our solar system?
The Milky Way
What is the hottest planet known to have a very thick atmosphere?
Venus
What is the large space lab built and shared by multiple nations?
The International Space Station
What type of planet-like object hasn't cleared its orbit? Pluto is one of theses.
Dwarf planet.
This astronomer helped prove the Sun-centred solar system theory by observing three moons orbitting Jupiter.
Galileo Galilei
Name the type of galaxy with no definite shape.
Irregular
This planet was named after the Roman god of war.
Mars
Who delivered the famous "moonshot speech"?
John F. Kenendy
What space rocks reach Earth's surface? Be specific.
Meteorites
The two kinds of movement that Earth is always experiencing. (Responsible for the 24 hour day, and the 365 day year.)
Rotation and Revolution
The name of the storm on the largest planet in our solar system, observable from earth.
The Great Red Spot
The space probe Voyager discovered that this distant planet has an irregular axial tilt (it's tilted).
Uranus
The first human in space.
Yuri Gagarin
Asteroids
The astronomer who proposed (but could not prove) the heliocentric model?
Nicolaus Copernicus
This icy "belt" lies beyond Neptune?
Kuiper Belt