Planets
How many rocky/terrestrial planets are in our solar system? Can you name them?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
What is the closest star to our planet other than the sun?
Proxima Centauri
The galaxy that the Solar System is in, has about 200 billion stars in it.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
The outer planets are also known as...
What are Gas Giants
John F. Kennedy
Which planet(s) have rings around them?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Which element are stars primarily made up of?
Hydrogen
The type of galaxy that the Milky Way is, it is named because if it's apparent shape.
What is a Spiral Galaxy?
The structure that divides the inner planets and the outer planets
What is the asteroid belt
If you go into space, do you get taller?
Yes, the cartilage disks in your spine expand due to the lack of gravity, making you taller.
Venus (465°C!). Because its thick atmosphere traps greenhouse gases (CO2)
What color stars are the coolest?
Red
A cloud of dust and gas in between stars, the clouds condense and stars are formed.
What is a nebula?
This is what causes the moon to have no weather.
What is the lack of an atmosphere
How old is the universe?
The universe is about 13.8 billion years old.
Which two NEIGHBORING planets are the farthest apart from each other?
Uranus and Neptune (1,011,297,430 miles apart)
What color stars are the hottest?
Blue
The closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, will collide with us in about 4 billion years.
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
It has the hottest surface of the planets in the solar system
What is Venus
How many moons does Venus have?
0
Which planet has the largest ocean?
Jupiter (it's made up of liquid hydrogen)
By what process do stars give off light energy?
Nuclear Fusion
A nebula in the Orion Constellation, gets its name from an animal it looks similar to.
What is the Horse Head nebula?
The biggest moon of Neptune
What is Triton
Is a day on Venus longer than a year on Venus?
Yes
It takes 243 Earth days for Venus to make a full axis rotation (a day)
It takes 224.7 Earth days for Venus to make a full orbit around the sun (a year)